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The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Author: Simon Singh
Everyone knows that The Simpsons is probably the most successful show in television history. What you might not know is that it contains enough sophisticated mathematics to form a university course, and then some. In the first ever episode, baby Maggie is messing around with some building blocks, which she nonchalantly piles up into a stack that...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781408835302
ISBN-10: 1408835304
Publication Date: 10/10/2013
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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