Simon Singh, author of the bestsellers Fermat's Enigma, The Code Book, and Big
Bang, offers fascinating new insights into the celebrated television series The
Simpsons: That the show drip-feeds morsels of number theory into the minds of
its viewers—indeed, 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 intriguing and meaningful mathematical
concepts—ranging from the mathematics of pi and the paradox of infinity to the
origin of numbers and the most profound outstanding problems that haunt today's
generation of