What's science ever done for us?
Subtitle: what the Simpsons can teach us about physics, robots, life and the universe
By: Paul Halpern.
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780470114605
Subjects: Simpsons (Television program); Science -- Popular works; Technology -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Description: A study of the world of science describes how the animated television show has addressed such scientific issues as genetic manipulation, time travel, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life, exploring the theoretical possibilities of such speculative concepts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Simpson Gene; title: You say tomato, I say tomacco; title: Blinky, the three-eyed fish; title: Burns? radiant glow; title: We all live in a cell-sized submarine; title: Lisa's recipe for life; title: Look Homer-Ward angel; title: D'ohs ex machina; title: Perpetual commotion; title: Dude, I'm an android; title: Rules for robots; title: Chaos in cartoonland; title: Fly in the ointment; title: Clockstopping; title: A toast to the past; title: Frinking about the future; title: Lisa's scoping skills; title: Diverting rays; title: The plunge down under; title: If astrolabes could talk; title: Cometary cowabunga; title: Homer's space Odyssey; title: Culd this really be the end?; title: Foolish earthlings; title: Is the universe a donut?; title: The third dimension of Homer.