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The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
Englisch
Bloomsbury UKerschienen am25.09.2014
From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-minded nature of the Simpsons´ writers' Sunday Times'A valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show' Financial TimesYou may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) 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 riddle of P vs. NP, from perfect numbers to narcissistic numbers, and much more. With wit, clarity and a true fan´s zeal, Singh analyses such memorable episodes as Bart the Genius´ and Homer³´ to offer an entirely new insight into the most successful show in television history.mehr
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KlappentextFrom bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-minded nature of the Simpsons´ writers' Sunday Times'A valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show' Financial TimesYou may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) 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 riddle of P vs. NP, from perfect numbers to narcissistic numbers, and much more. With wit, clarity and a true fan´s zeal, Singh analyses such memorable episodes as Bart the Genius´ and Homer³´ to offer an entirely new insight into the most successful show in television history.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4088-4281-2
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2014
Erscheinungsdatum25.09.2014
ReiheBloomsbury Paperbacks
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 128 mm, Höhe 198 mm, Dicke 20 mm
Gewicht192 g
Illustrationen20 b/w throughout
Artikel-Nr.31343692

Autor

Simon Singh received his PhD in particle physics from the University of Cambridge. A former BBC producer and BAFTA Award-winning documentary director, he is the author of the bestselling Fermat's Last Theorem. His bestseller The Code Book was the basis for the BBC series The Science of Secrecy and his third book, Big Bang, was also a bestseller. He lives in London.