Description
What if one of television’s most irreverent comedies were also a secret gateway to mathematics? Drawing on episodes from *The Simpsons* and *Futurama*, this lively exploration uncovers the number theory, probability, geometry, infinity, and famous equations hidden in the shows’ jokes, chalkboards, and storylines. Memorable moments such as “Homer3” become springboards for accessible discussions of Fermat’s Last Theorem, Euler’s identity, the mathematics of gambling, and the history behind enduring mathematical puzzles. Blending sharp cultural insight with clear, entertaining explanations, the book reveals the playful intelligence of the shows’ writing teams—and invites readers to see mathematics in an entirely new way.
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paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published Jan 1, 2014
272 pages
ISBN: 9781620402788
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First Published
2013
Language
eng
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