article_snippet: The author of a book looking at the maths hidden within episodes of The Simpsons
article_snippet: the Simpsons contains many mathematical jokes like the one above from an early episode in the series .
article_snippet: Dr Singh has written a book on the maths hidden within the cartoon series the Simpsons .
article_snippet: Dr Singh, who has written a book called The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, claims that the Simpsons is the most mathematical TV shows on prime time television.
article_snippet: Mr Cohen, who wrote scripts for the Simpsons for five years, was a gifted mathematician from a young age and studied physics at Harvard University.
article_snippet: Homer is known to often smuggle mathematics into the TV series.
article_snippet: Dr Singh said: 'the Simpsons has many mathematicians on the Simpsons writing team, including Al Jean, who worked on the very first series and who pretty much runs the show today. '
article_snippet: If a nerdy teenager spots the maths in the Simpsons, I hope that Dr Singh or a nerdy teenager will think that maths is rightly cool. '
article_snippet: the Simpsons is cool, the writers of the Simpsons are cool, and if the writers of The Simpsons like maths then maths must be cool.
highlights_snippet: Dr Simon Singh says The Simpsons contains more maths than any other TV show .
  