You may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show F
uturama) without ever realising that they contain enough maths to form an entire
university course. In The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Simon Singh
explains how the brilliant writers, some of the mathematicians, have smuggled in
mathematical jokes throughout the cartoon's twenty-five year history, exploring
everything from to Mersenne primes, from Euler's equation to the unsolved riddl
e of P vs. NP, from perfect numbers to narcissistic numbers, and much more.
W
ith wit, clarity and a true fan's zeal, Singh analyses such memorable episodes a
s 'Bart the Genius' and 'Homer ' to offer an entirely new insight into the most
successful show in television history.
