La formula segreta dei Simpson. Numeri, teoremi e altri enigmi
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Quanti episodi dei Simpson avete visto nella vostra vita? Centinaia? Migliala? Eppure forse non vi siete mai accorti che tra gli ingredienti segreti di questa serie c'è... la matematica! Sparsa a piene mani nei luoghi e nelle circostanze più improbabili, la matematica è disseminata in moltissimi episodi, e in questo volume Simon Singh ripercorre le avventure della famiglia più famosa della tv per svelarci i trucchi degli sceneggiatori: Homer che ci introduce al teorema dello Spaventapasseri indossando gli occhiali di Henry Klssinger; Lisa che ci mostra come un'analisi statistica possa portare alla vittoria le squadre di baseball; il professor Frink che con il suo Frinkaedro indaga la geometria a più dimensioni. E tra una barzelletta ispirata al teorema di Fermat e l'equazione E=mc2 citata tra i giochi di Maggie, questo libro ci accompagna in modo diverte e inedito in un viaggio attraverso i grandi temi della matematica, un viaggio alla fine del quale potremmo scoprire che Bart sarà forse un pessimo studente, ma sa essere uno straordinario insegnante di scienze.
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- Pagine: 312
- Data di uscita: 12-03-2015
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For everyone who has watched it, The Simpsons means a lot of things: long running animated show, brilliant social satire, pop culture phenomenon, an amazing cast of characters, irreverent humour. But steady source of ingenious math references? It’s safe to say that the majority of viewers would say, Leggi tutto
“As a society, we rightly adore our great musicians and novelists … ““… yet we seldom hear any mention of the humble mathematicians.” Simply put, it was the hope of the two very gifted writing teams who prepared the scripts for THE SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA to underhandedly smuggle complex mathematics i Leggi tutto
While my obsession with the Simpson's has waned over the years this book is a reminder of what made me unwittingly fall in love with this show. The author's obsession with the show makes me feel/look like an amateur. ;-) Simon Singh does a fantastic job (the book reads like he thoroughly enjoyed it t Leggi tutto
What a boring, boring audiobook. Here’s pretty much how every chapter is structured:^ A paragraph or 2 about a specific Simpsons episode’s math reference (a lot of the text being the episode’s name repeated many, many times) A few pages about the script writers’ math pedigree and whom they know in Leggi tutto
Brilliant! Simon Singh never fails to impress. The best author to bring forth geeky stuff in layman terms. Having never watched even a single episode of Simpsons or Futurama, was a bit hesitant to pick this. The mathematics more than filled it up for me. Loved: 1. Unleashing the brilliance of mathemati Leggi tutto
One of my favorite jokes of The Simpsons happens to be a Math joke. This is odd because I absolutely detest Mathematics. I believe it was but on this Earth just to mock me but I digress. The joke, which is discussed in this book, is when Lisa discovers that nerds actually release a pheromone via the Leggi tutto
The Simpsons is an animated sitcom about a fictional "middle American" family. The series has been running since 1989 and is currently airing their 27th season. I haven't watched this show for many years now, but there was a time when I used to be obsessed with the show. I used to trawl over the int Leggi tutto
I love Maths and I really enjoyed other books by Simon Singh, but this book feels incoherent throughout. I kept thinking that this is the kind of book you'd have on a shelf by a toilet - something to glance at for a couple of minutes and then get on with your day. The stories don't flow well togethe Leggi tutto
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