The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets Tube Top and downside to knowledge

and downside to knowledge

a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape

With the opening of the magnificent metro station

Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced

and analyzes the regime's major security issues—from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions—all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets Tube Top and downside to knowledgeYou may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) without ever realizing that cleverly embedded in many plots are subtle references to mathematics, ranging from well known equations to cutting edge theorems and conjectures. That they exist, Simon Singh reveals, underscores the brilliance of the shows' writers, many of whom have advanced degrees in mathematics in addition to their unparalleled sense of humor.