Geeks infiltrate The Simpsons
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Bet you didn’t know this about The Simpsons: Many of its writers have been serious math geeks. In his new book, The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, Simon Singh points to the nerdiest: David S. Cohen, J. Stewart Burns, Al Jean, Ken Keeler and Jeff Westbrook, who all have bachelor’s degrees in mathematics or physics from Harvard. The writers have been smuggling math into the program since the very first episode, Bart the Genius. Sent to a school for gifted children, Bart is faced with a problem that begins with “y equals r cubed over 3” and ends with the answer “r dr r” — which the class of nerds thinks is hilarious, because the answer sounds like “har-de-har-har.” The lengthy problem on the blackboard is real calculus.
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