The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets

Some have seen philosophy embedded in episodes of The Simpsons; others have detected elements of psychology and religion. Simon Singh, bestselling author of Fermats Last Theorem, The Code Book and The Big Bang, instead makes the compelling case that what The Simpsons writers are most passionate abou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon Singh
Format: Printed Book
Published: London Bloomsbury 2013
Subjects:
Simpsons (Television program) > Miscellanea. Simpsons (Television program) Mathematics > Miscellanea.
Table of Contents:
  • chapter 0. The truth about the Simpsons
  • chapter 1. Bart the genius
  • chapter 2. Are you [pi]-curious?
  • chapter 3. Homer's last theorem
  • chapter 4. The puzzle of mathematical humor
  • examination I. chapter 5. Six degrees of separation
  • chapter 6. Lisa Simpson, queen of stats and bats
  • chapter 7. Galgebra and galgorithms
  • examination II. chapter 8. A prime-time show
  • chapter 9. To infintity and beyond
  • chapter 10. The scarecrow theorem
  • examination III. chapter 11. Freeze-frame mathematics
  • chapter 12. Another slice of [pi]
  • chapter 13. Homer³
  • examination IV. chapter 14. The birth of Futurama
  • chapter 15. 1,729 and a romantic incident
  • chapter 16.
  • A one-sided story
  • chapter 17. The Futurama Theorem
  • examination V. E[pi]logue
  • appendix 1. The sabermetrics approach in soccer
  • appendix 2. Making sense of Euler's equation
  • appendix 3. Dr. Keeler's recipe for the sum of squares
  • appendix 4. Fractals and fractional dimensions
  • appendix 5. Keeler's theorem.

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