• Re: New Book About Science on the Simpsons

    From Orson Wells as CitizenCain@1:2320/100 to rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.simpsons,rec.spo on Mon Jul 2 23:49:35 2007
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    "Paul" <p.halper@usip.edu> wrote in message news:1183428942.167507.311010@k29g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
    I've just published a new book about the intriguing world of science
    on the Simpsons called:

    What's Science Ever Done For Us? What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About
    Robots, Life, and the Universe


    ...That when a toilet is two-dimensional it makes it much harder to take a crap?




    http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Science-Ever-Done-Us/dp/0470114606

    It features the fascinating real-life science behind dozens of classic Simpsons episodes, exploring questions such as:

    Could Homer's theory that the universe is donut-shaped really be
    true? Learn how astronomers are currently trying to test this idea.


    Sprinkle-shaped craters on Mars?



    Are there really three-eyed fish in nature, like Blinky, or are
    sightings of such creatures just hoaxes?


    I saw a two-eyed fish which had a googly eye glued on. Does that count?




    Read about how a Simpsons fan grafted tomato and tobacco together to
    produce his own tomacco plant.


    Then read about how he promptly went bankrupt and killed himself out of depression.




    On Ray Romano's visit to the show, only Homer could see him. Explore scientific attempts to produce cloaks of invisibility.


    It seems to be working. I'm paying less and less attention to you as I read your post.




    Are shrink-rays, time machines and teleportation mechanisms
    scientifically possible, such as the devices built by Professor Frink?


    Honey, I Animated The Kids. Froinlaven! With the stenciling and the inking
    and the pencil drawing OI! What it is is this?





    Do sinks and tubs in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres really
    drain in different directions, as Lisa suggested in the episode "Bart
    vs. Australia?"


    No, but if you drop a cherry bomb down them you can still get some really kick-ass geysers.




    The episode Homer^3 envisioned Homer stepping into a higher
    dimension. Learn about scientific theories that the visible universe
    could be an island floating in a sea of even higher dimensions.


    Is that why Picard is always being pestered by Q?




    Many of the Simpsons writers have scientific backgrounds and have
    included clever references to their fields in a number of episodes.
    "What's Science Ever Done For Us?" is an entertaining guide to these
    issues, just in time for the Simpsons Movie.


    And of course that's just a coincidence, right?

    I'd better see an autographed copy if I'm going to buy that s.o.b.




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