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Title	:	The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Author	:	Simon Singh
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 253 pages
Published	:	October 29th 2013 by Bloomsbury USA (first published 2013)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Science. Mathematics

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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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ISBN:	1620402777 (ISBN13: 9781620402771)
Edition Language:	English

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The Simpsons is an animated sitcom about a fictional "middle American" family. The series has been running since 1989 and is currently airing their 27th season. I haven't watched this show for many years now, but there was a time when I used to be obsessed with the show. I used to trawl over the internet in my quest to search for hidden and obscure references that appeared on the show, and for their meanings. One of the earliest references was from the first episode when baby Maggie stacks her

While my obsession with the Simpson's has waned over the years this book is a reminder of what made me unwittingly fall in love with this show. The author's obsession with the show makes me feel/look like an amateur. ;-)Simon Singh does a fantastic job (the book reads like he thoroughly enjoyed it too) of uncovering gems from this show. From the "Treehouse of Horror VI" Calculus joke (yeah I completely missed this one!) to the very famous Fermat's last theorem. It you are interested in

Not sure who this book is aimed atSimpsons Fans? Then why explain the basics, everyone knows the couch scene at the beginning changes each episode!Maths Fans?High in mathematic principles etc, then explains what a prime number is at least 3 times in the first third of the book, but then skates over the topics which need a little more depth!Too many tedious side notes, and why on earth is the last quarter of the book being about Futurama - Not enough material to make a follow up book perhaps.

this is more than a book of Simpsons trivia, it's a way to learn and refresh complex math concepts. I was genuinely excited about what I was learning, from theorems, to math history to the binary code for 666 (1010011010.. from memory, ya!). while the actual Simpsons math references are mainly subtle freeze frame gags, the knowledge needed to understand the gags is fascinating. at the end of each section we get an "exam" or a set of math jokes. we pass the exam if the jokes make us laugh. I have

Simon Singh takes the reader on a tour of some of the mathematics that appeared in the prime-time cartoon The Simpsons. Apparently, the majority of the writers for the show were schooled in mathematics, physics, or engineering, so they are fond of including mathematics into the show, a good deal in cameo. The writers sometimes portray Bart, Homer, and Lisa as using mathematics in some of their projects. Some of what Singh covers are the appearance of π, a curious version of Fermats Last Theorem,

As a society, we rightly adore our great musicians and novelists yet we seldom hear any mention of the humble mathematicians. Simply put, it was the hope of the two very gifted writing teams who prepared the scripts for THE SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA to underhandedly smuggle complex mathematics into prime-time television. They left it to their audience to understand and interpret the hundreds of gags given to them. Indeed, in many cases, the gags were well hidden and left, like Easter eggs, for

How do you make anything much less funny? Explain the jokes. This was boring as fuck.Here's a very accurate review by Jheurf:Heres pretty much how every chapter is structured:^A paragraph or 2 about a specific Simpsons episodes math reference (a lot of the text being the episodes name repeated many, many times) A few pages about the script writers math pedigree and whom they know in the math community, with maybe a call back to the shows reference. Pages and pages of detailed math history that