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The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Author: Simon Singh
You may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) without ever realizing that cleverly embedded in many plots are subtle references to mathematics, ranging from well-known equations to cutting-edge theorems and conjectures. That they exist, Simon Singh reveals, underscores the brilliance of the shows? write...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781620402771
ISBN-10: 1620402777
Publication Date: 10/29/2013
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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The first rule about Math Club is always talk about Math Club.

The Simpsons and sister program Futurama are written by a strange bunch of comedy writers, those with advanced degrees in mathematics, physics and computer science. The jokes they write are funny on the surface, but they embed these shows with many, (many!) math jokes.

I recognized enough of these jokes to want to read the book, and I really enjoyed this book and seeing the depth these jokes ran. I did not enjoy realizing the shallowness of my nerd creds. I used to know a lot of this stuff and could hold my own. No one holds the throne forever.


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