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"Highly entertaining." -Amir Alexendar, "New York Times""Mathematical concepts both useful and obscure explained via the antics of America's favorite yellow family!" -"Mental Floss" "The clarity of his explanations is impressive, and there are some illuminating interviews with Simpsons writers...this is a valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show."" -Financial Times""What have Homer and Bart got to do with Euler's equation, the googolplex or the topology of doughnuts? The writers of The Simpsons have slipped a multitude of mathematical references into the show. Simon Singh has fun weaving great mathematics stories around our favourite TV characters.""""-New Scientist"
Highly entertaining. "Amir Alexendar, New York Times"
Mathematical concepts both useful and obscure explained via the antics of America's favorite yellow family! "Mental Floss"
The clarity of his explanations is impressive, and there are some illuminating interviews with Simpsonswriters this is a valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show. "Financial Times"
What have Homer and Bart got to do with Euler's equation, the googolplex or the topology of doughnuts? The writers of The Simpsons have slipped a multitude of mathematical references into the show. Simon Singh has fun weaving great mathematics stories around our favourite TV characters. "New Scientist""
"Highly entertaining." --Amir Alexendar, New York Times
"Mathematical concepts both useful and obscure explained via the antics of America's favorite yellow family!" --Mental Floss
"The clarity of his explanations is impressive, and there are some illuminating interviews with Simpsonswriters...this is a valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show." --Financial Times
"What have Homer and Bart got to do with Euler's equation, the googolplex or the topology of doughnuts? The writers of The Simpsons have slipped a multitude of mathematical references into the show. Simon Singh has fun weaving great mathematics stories around our favourite TV characters." --New Scientist
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' writers, many of whom have advanced degrees in mathematics in addition to their unparalleled sense of humor.
While recounting memorable episodes such as “Bart the Genius” and “Homer3,” Singh weaves in mathematical stories that explore everything from p to Mersenne primes, Euler's equation to the unsolved riddle of P v. NP; from perfect numbers to narcissistic numbers, infinity to even bigger infinities, and much more. Along the way, Singh meets members of The Simpsons' brilliant writing team-among them David X. Cohen, Al Jean, Jeff Westbrook, and Mike Reiss-whose love of arcane mathematics becomes clear as they reveal the stories behind the episodes.
With wit and clarity, displaying a true fan's zeal, and replete with images from the shows, photographs of the writers, and diagrams and proofs, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets offers an entirely new insight into the most successful show in television history.
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