addition, Phil Kloer of The Atlanta Journal gave the episode a C grade, calling it an "off episode". He commented that it "doesn't have the zing that most Simpsons episodes do." Kloer did, however, enjoy Homer's inventions such as the hamburger earmuffs and the make-up gun, and Homer's line to Marge before he shoots her with it: "Try to keep your nostrils closed." Marge's response after being shot, "Homer! You’ve got it set on whore!", was commended by The Gazette, DVD Verdict, and Ian Jane of DVD Talk, who called the scene the highlight of the episode. In his 2015 book The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, British particle physicist Dr. Simon Singh wrote that in the episode, Homer writes an equation on a chalkboard and “If you work it out, you get the mass of a Higgs boson that’s only a bit larger than the nano-mass of a Higgs boson actually is. It’s kind of amazing as Homer makes this prediction 14 years before it was discovered.” He stated that the mathematical backgrounds of many of the show's writers made it the "most mathematical TV show on prime-time television in history", and it could "encourage and nourish" young people with an interest in mathematics. See also Thomas Edison in popular culture Further reading References External links The Simpsons (season 10) episodes 1998 American television episodes Works about Thomas Edison Television shows written by John Swartzwelder