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What's Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe Paperback - 2007
by Paul Halpern
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- Title What's Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
- Author Paul Halpern
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Mti
- Condition Used; Very Good
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey
- Date 08/03/2007
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4630363
- ISBN 9780470114605 / 0470114606
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science, Technology
- Dewey Decimal Code 500
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From the rear cover
Is the universe shaped like a donut?Homer proposed such a theory. Do three-eyed fish swim near nuclear power plants?Bart managed to catch one.Are perpetual-motion machines suitable for school projects?Lisa constructed a working model.The Simpsons, the world's most popular and longest-running animated series, is a treasure-trove of scientific ideas and a clever mixture of fact and fancy. Now there's a guide to the science behind the show. In What's Science Ever Done for Us? you'll find answers to an amazing array of scientific questions raised in 26 classic episodes, including:
- Can genetics explain Homer's dimwittedness and Lisa's brains?
- Are shrink-rays and teleportation devices possible along the lines of Professor Frink's inventions?
- Could androids, like the one that replaced Bart in one episode, ever have consciousness?
- Do toilets in North America and Australia flush in opposite directions?
- If Earth were in peril, should we try to escape on a rocket, like Marge, Lisa, and Maggie did, and attempt to colonize Mars?
- Could we travel back in time, like Homer did, change the past, and find ourselves in a parallel reality?
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Citations
- Booklist, 07/01/2007, Page 16