Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in particle physics from the University of Cambridge. A former BBC producer, he directed the BAFTA Award-winning documentary Fermat's Last Theorem and wrote Fermat's Enigma, the bestselling book on the same subject. His bestseller The Code Book was the basis for the Channel 4 series The Science of Secrecy. His third book, Big Bang, was also a bestseller, and Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine, written with Edzard Ernst, gained widespread attention. Singh lives in London.
"Highly entertaining." --Amir Alexendar, New York Times "Mathematical concepts both useful and obscure explained via the antics of America's favorite yellow family!" --Mental Floss "The clarity of his explanations is impressive, and there are some illuminating interviews with Simpsonswriters...this is a valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show." --Financial Times "What have Homer and Bart got to do with Euler's equation, the googolplex or the topology of doughnuts? The writers of The Simpsons have slipped a multitude of mathematical references into the show. Simon Singh has fun weaving great mathematics stories around our favourite TV characters." --New Scientist
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