The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

Bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, Simon Singh, investigates the maths that infiltrates The Simpsons in a way that is both accessible and funny. He takes you behind the scenes and makes sense of the complex mathematical jokes that litter the show. He meets the writing team who are not only comedy geniuses but who also happen to hold an array of diplomas in super-geeky subjects from applied mathematics to biochemistry. And along the way, he throws light on the history of maths and the problems that still haunt today's generation of number theorists.