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02.09.10

Science in The Simpsons

With a writing staff that includes science geeks, will the movie feature another guest star like Stephen Hawking?
By Gregory Mone Posted 07.26.2007 at 11:47 am 27 Comments

There are countless reasons to go see the long-awaited Simpsons movie this weekend, but for geeks, one of the big draws of the show has always been the sometimes obscure, always intelligent references to science and mathematics. At least a few editors of this magazine are devotees of the famous Halloween episode in which Homer ventures into the third dimension. Its practically a primer on cosmology and extra-dimensional physics. And über-nerd Professor Frink is featured heavily, which is always a bonus.

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