Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Simon Singh may not sound like your average fan of The Simpsons. He has a Ph.D. in ...

Simon Singh, a science writer and broadcaster, and the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York City, are receiving 2016 Communications Awards of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics ...

Simon Singh discovers that there is an insane amount of math in "The Simpsons." Simon Singh moves from physics to science journalism and discovers that there is an insane amount of math in "The ...

Simon Singh spotted the equation on a Homer Simpson blackboard. Had Homer just solved one of the toughest puzzles in math? His solution, crazily,... You don't have to notice, but if you do, it's like ...

The following excerpt has been adapted from the introduction to The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, by Simon Singh. The Simpsons is arguably the most successful television show in history.

Have you ever felt that episodes of “The Simpsons” or “Futurama” are speaking to you personally and intellectually? Do you identify with Lisa Simpson and Bender the robot? Aside from the small concern ...

Bet you didn’t know this about “The Simpsons”: Many of its writers have been serious math geeks. In his new book, math and science writer Simon Singh points to the nerdiest: David S. Cohen, J. Stewart ...

This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast hosted by best-selling author Chris Mooney and neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas, also features a discussion of some of the science behind ...