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Simpsons Guide to Math

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-will-not-do-math-in-class dept.

tu-tone writes "The LA times has done an article titled "Simpsons analysts show how math figures into episodes" based off of work done by two professors Andrew Nestler and Sarah J. Greenwald. The work is a Guide to Appearances of Mathematics and Mathematicians on "The Simpsons" . They even gave a talk on it at Harvey Mudd College. It's a fun read." There's a transcript of one of their presentations available.

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  1. That article was too long by sg3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My attention span isn't long enough to read the whole article. Damn TV! You've ruined my imagination! Just like you've ruined my ability to ... my ability to ...

    [turns on Itchy and Scratchy]

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  2. ... and physics too ... by spoonist · · Score: 5, Funny

    In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

    - Homer Jay Simpson

  3. The Metric System and Grandpa's Car by rjthomas61 · · Score: 5, Funny

    >Marge: Now I know you haven't liked some of my past suggestions, like switching to the metric system.
    >Grampa: The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

    Let's see....
    40 rods/Hogshead x
    1 mile/320 rods x
    1 Hogshead/63 gallons =
    0.00198 miles/gallon or
    504 gallons/mile

    Perhaps Grampa drives an SUV?

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  4. Re:Euler's Equation by Uri · · Score: 5, Funny

    In it's traditional form, [e^(pi*i)]+1=0, it relates the 5 most important constants in math...

    ...and is beaten only by 0*i*pi*e = 1+-1