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

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Contents
Introduction: Learning Science From Springfield?s Nuclear Family
Part One: It?s Alive
1. The Simpson Gene
2. You Say Tomato, I Say Tomacco 
3. Blinky, The Three-Eyed Fish 
4. Burns? Radiant Glow 
5. We All Live In A Cell-Sized Submarine
6. Lisa?s Recipe For Life 
7. Look Homer-Ward Angel 
Part Two: Mechanical Plots
8. D?ohs Ex Machina 
9. Perpetual Commotion
10. Dude, I?m An Android 
11. Rules For Robots 
12. Chaos In Cartoonland 
13. Fly In The Ointment 
Part Three: No Time To D?ohs
14. Clockstopping 
15. A Toast To The Past 
16. Frinking About The Future 
Part Four: Springfield, The Universe, And Beyond
17. Lisa?s Scoping Skills 
18. Diverting Rays 
19. The Plunge Down Under 
20. If Astrolabes Could Talk 
21. Cometary Cowabunga 
22. Homer?s Space Odyssey
23. Could This Really Be The End?
24. Foolish Earthlings 
25. Is The Universe A Donut? 
26. The Third Dimension Of Homer 
Inconclusion: The Journey Continues
Acknowledgments
Notes
The Simpsons Movie Handy Science Checklist
Scientifically Relevant Episodes Discussed in This Book
Sources for More Information
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Science -- Popular works.
Technology -- Popular works.
Simpsons (Television program).