Stephen Hawking Talks about the Simpsons

Professor Stephen Hawking, who has appeared on The Simpsons three times, has recently spoken about the high quality of the show:

Stephen Hawking Talks about the Simpsons

Literary Minded Review

I'm pleased to receive word that my book was reviewed by the outstanding Australian book review blog, LiteraryMinded.  It is a very enjoyable review.  Check it out at: LiteraryMinded

The Cerebral Simpsons

There's a great new article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that shows how The Simpsons could be used to study religion, science, literature and psychology.

A quote from the article:
"Paul Halpern, author of What's Science Ever Done for Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe (Wiley, 2007) and a physics professor at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, says even though the show is not always completely correct, it introduces [scientific] concepts."

A link to the full article:
The Cerebral Simpsons