What's Science Ever Done for Us?
What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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.
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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. This completely unauthorized, informative, and fun exploration of the science and technology, connected with the world s most famous cartoon family, looks at classic episodes from the show to launch fascinating scientific discussions mixed with intriguing speculative ideas and a dose of humor. Could gravitational lensing create optical illusions, such as when Homer saw someone invisible to everyone else? Is the Coriolis effect strong enough to make all toilets in the Southern Hemisphere flush clockwise, as Bart was so keen to find out? If Earth were in peril, would it make sense to board a rocket, as Marge, Lisa, and Maggie did, and head to Mars? While Bart and Millhouse can t stop time and have fun forever, Paul Halpern explores the theoretical possibilities involving Einstein s theory of time dilation. Paul Halpern, PhD (Philadelphia, PA) is Professor of Physics and Mathematics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and a 2002 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. He is also the author of The Great Beyond (0 471 46595 X).
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „What's Science Ever Done for Us? “
- Introduction: Learning Science From Springfield's Nuclear FamilyPART ONE: IT'S ALIVE!
1. The Simpson Gene
2. You Say Tomato, I Say Tomacco
3. Blinky, The Three-Eyed Fish
4. Burns' Radiant Glow
5. We All Live In A Cell-Sized Submarine
6. Lisa's Recipe For Life
7. Look Homer-Ward Angel
PART TWO: MECHANICAL PLOTS
8. D'ohs Ex Machina
9. Perpetual Commotion
10. Dude, I'm An Android
11. Rules For Robots
12. Chaos In Cartoonland
13. Fly In The Ointment
PART THREE: NO TIME TO DOHS
14. Clockstopping
15. A Toast To The Past
16. Frinking About The Future
PART FOUR: SPRINGFIELD, THE UNIVERSE, AND BEYOND
17. Lisa's Scoping Skills
18. Diverting Rays
19. The Plunge Down Under
20. If Astrolabes Could Talk
21. Cometary Cowabunga
22. Homer's Space Odyssey
23. Could This Really Be The End?
24. Foolish Earthlings
25. Is The Universe A Donut?
26. 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
Autoren-Porträt von Paul Halpern
PAUL HALPERN, PHD, is professor of physics and mathematics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and a 2002 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. He is the author of The Great Beyond, also from Wiley.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Paul Halpern
- 2007, X, 262 Seiten, Masse: 15,6 x 23,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470114606
- ISBN-13: 9780470114605
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2007
Sprache:
Englisch
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"...as fast paced and slick as the show [The Simpsons]". Cosmos May 2008
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