Editor's Summary
26 July 2007
Homer thoughts
Is there something about Harvard math graduates? One such, Tom Lehrer, pronounced satire dead when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize. But another, Al Jean, is proving that there is life in the old genre yet. As executive producer and lead writer on The Simpsons Movie, the world, science included, is his target.
News Feature: Science in comedy: Mmm... pi
Part of The Simpsons' greatness is a willingness to find the humour in absolutely everything — including science. Executive producer Al Jean, the show's head writer and a Harvard mathematics graduate, talks to Nature about how to get a laugh out of Euler's formula.
doi:10.1038/448404a