Title:
The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets / Simon Singh.
Simpsons (Television program)
Author:
Singh, Simon, author.
General Notes:
Includes index., Includes index.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
9781408842812 (pbk.)
1408842815 (pbk.)
Subject:
Mathematics on television.
Mathematics -- Humor.
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Simpsons (Television program) -- Miscellanea.
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Contents:
Ch. 0 The Truth about the Simpsons -- Ch. 1 Bart the Genius -- Ch. 2 Are you pie Curious? -- Ch. 3 Homers last theorem -- Ch. 4 The puzzle of Mathematical humor -- Examination 1 -- Ch. 5 Six degrees of Separation -- Ch. 6 Lisa Simpson, Queen of stats and bats -- Ch. 7 Galgebra and Galgorithms -- Examination 2 -- Ch. 8 A prime-time show -- Ch. 9 To infinity and beyond -- Ch. 10 The scarecrow theorem -- Examination 3 -- Ch. 11 Freeze-frame mathematics -- Ch. 12 Another slice of pie -- Ch. 13 Homer -- Examination 4 -- Ch. 14 The birth of futurama -- Ch. 15 1,729 and a romantic incident -- Ch. 16 A one-sided story -- Ch. 17 The futurama theorem -- Examination 5 -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 The Sabermetrics approach in soccer -- Appendix 2 Making sense of Eulers equation -- Appendix 3 Fermat's last theorem program -- Appendix 4 Dr Keeler's theorem -- Acknowledgements -- Online resources -- Picture credits -- Index.
Physical Description:
x, 255 pages : illustrations ;
Publication Date:
2014.
2013
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