Simon Singh: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Talks at Google
Simon Singh, author of the bestsellers Fermat s Enigma, The Code Book, and The Big Bang, offers fascinating new insights into the celebrated television series The Simpsons: That the show dripfeeds morsels of number theory into the minds of its viewersindeed, that there are so many mathematical references in the show, and in its sister program, Futurama, that they could form the basis of an entire university course. Recounting memorable episodes from Bart the Genius to Homer3, Singh brings alive int
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