Wednesday, October 26, 2011

From the What-Is-Math-Good-For-Anyway-Dept.

Wow, who knew:  

"Six of the 10 writers of 'The Simpsons' are high-level mathematics PhDs and for years they have been making mathematical jokes to each other in the series, such as writing formulae up on blackboards or on car numberplates. The jokes have developed a cult following among the scientific community."

Simon Singh knew... see:

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/science-book-deals-frankfurt.html

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