What's Science Ever Done for Us What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe

Name: What's Science Ever Done for Us What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
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ISBN: 9780470114605

ISBN-10: 0470114606

ISBN-13: 9780470114605

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Paul Halpern

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A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence, and even aliens. What's Science Ever Done for Us? examines these and many other topics through the lens of America's favorite cartoon. This spirited science guide will inform Simpsons fans and entertain science buffs with a delightful combination of fun and fact. It will be the perfect companion to the upcoming Simpsons movie. The Simpsons is a magnificent roadmap of modern issues in science.…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 7/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction: Learning Science From Springfield's Nuclear Family



It's Alive!



The Simpson Gene



You Say Tomato, I Say Tomacco



Blinky, The Three-Eyed Fish



Burns' Radiant Glow



We All Live In A Cell-Sized Submarine



Lisa's Recipe For Life



Look Homer-Ward Angel



Mechanical Plots



D'ohs Ex Machina



Perpetual Commotion



Dude, I'm An Android



Rules For Robots



Chaos In Cartoonland



Fly In The Ointment



No Time To Dohs



Clockstopping



A Toast To The Past



Frinking About The Future



Springfield, The Universe, And Beyond



Lisa's Scoping Skills



Diverting Rays



The Plunge Down Under



If Astrolabes Could Talk



Cometary Cowabunga



Homer's Space Odyssey



Could This Really Be The End?



Foolish Earthlings



Is The Universe A Donut?



The Third Dimension Of Homer


Inconclusion: The Journey Continues


Acknowledgments


The Simpsons Movie Handy Science Checklist


Scientifically Relevant Episodes Discussed in This Book


Notes


Further Information


Index