What's science ever done for us? : what The Simpsons can teach us about physics, robots, life and the universe / Paul Halpern.

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, [2007], ©2007.

x, 262 pages ; 24 cm

The Simpson Gene -- You say tomato, I say tomacco -- Blinky, the three-eyed fish -- Burns's radiant glow -- We all live in a cell-sized submarine -- Lisa's recipe for life -- Look Homer-Ward, angel -- D'ohs ex machina -- Perpetual commotion -- Dude, I'm an android -- Rules for robots -- Chaos in cartoonland -- Fly in the ointment -- Clockstopping -- A toast to the past -- Frinking about the future -- Lisa's scoping skills -- Diverting rays -- The plunge down under -- If astrolabes could talk -- Cometary cowabunga -- Homer's space Odyssey -- Could this really be the end? -- Foolish earthlings -- Is the universe a donut? -- The third dimension of Homer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.