Math in Pop Culture By: Jimmy Hoover and Casey Woron.

Math in Pop CultureMath in Pop Culture

By: Jimmy Hoover and Casey WoronBy: Jimmy Hoover and Casey Woron

Pop CulturePop Culture

is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture

especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century

is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture

especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century

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Pop Culture in the 20th CenturyPop Culture in the 20th Century

Saw a major shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of changes in politics, ideology economics, society, culture, science, technology, and medicine.

Technologies introduced T.V. Radio DVD

Cold war dominate geopolitical life for

the next 45 years Space Race

Saw a major shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of changes in politics, ideology economics, society, culture, science, technology, and medicine.

Technologies introduced T.V. Radio DVD

Cold war dominate geopolitical life for

the next 45 years Space Race



20th Century20th Century

World War Two Medicine

Antibiotics, vaccines, placebo experiments, vitamins

Science The theory of relativity and

quantum physics discovered Radiocarbon dating Changed the science world

World War Two Medicine

Antibiotics, vaccines, placebo experiments, vitamins

Science The theory of relativity and

quantum physics discovered Radiocarbon dating Changed the science world





Pop Culture in the 21st CenturyPop Culture in the 21st Century

Terrorism on the rise Wireless technologies Technology society Increasing

popularity of digital formats for entertainment media such as movies and music

Terrorism on the rise Wireless technologies Technology society Increasing

popularity of digital formats for entertainment media such as movies and music



2121 Movie where MIT student

goes to Las Vegas to make money counting cards

Money to go towards his scholarship

Counting cards uses probability

Uses ratios of high and low cards

By knowing which cards already came up you can accurately guess what will be next

math?

Movie where MIT student goes to Las Vegas to make money counting cards

Money to go towards his scholarship

Counting cards uses probability

Uses ratios of high and low cards

By knowing which cards already came up you can accurately guess what will be next

math?



SimpsonsSimpsons

Fox Broadcasting Debut in 1989 Al Jean

Executive Producer and head writer

a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University

Fox Broadcasting Debut in 1989 Al Jean

Executive Producer and head writer

a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University



Simpsons: Bart the GeniousSimpsons: Bart the Genious When Bart doesn’t have a ticket

and asks how much it will be Martin replies, “Twice the fare from Tucson to Flagstaff minus two-thirds of the fare from Albuquerque to El Paso! Ha ha ha ha!”

One child genius says “Tell you what, Bart, Ill trade you the weight of a bowling ball on the eighth moon of Jupiter for my lunch, for the weight of a feather on the second moon of Neptune from your lunch. ”

A gifted child tells Bart that he will trade him 1000 Pico liters of his milk for 4 gills of Bart’s.

When Bart doesn’t have a ticket and asks how much it will be Martin replies, “Twice the fare from Tucson to Flagstaff minus two-thirds of the fare from Albuquerque to El Paso! Ha ha ha ha!”

One child genius says “Tell you what, Bart, Ill trade you the weight of a bowling ball on the eighth moon of Jupiter for my lunch, for the weight of a feather on the second moon of Neptune from your lunch. ”

A gifted child tells Bart that he will trade him 1000 Pico liters of his milk for 4 gills of Bart’s.



Simpsons: Dead Putting SocietySimpsons: Dead Putting Society

Lisa uses a measuring tape to help Bart play miniature golf

The basis of this game seems to be simple geometry She instructs him where exactly to hit the ball Bart is stunned when he makes the shot and states, “I cant believe it, You actually found a practical use for geometry

Lisa uses a measuring tape to help Bart play miniature golf

The basis of this game seems to be simple geometry She instructs him where exactly to hit the ball Bart is stunned when he makes the shot and states, “I cant believe it, You actually found a practical use for geometry



Simpsons: Brush with GreatnessSimpsons: Brush with Greatness

Professor Lombardo, Marge's art teacher comes up to her during class

“You learn to see everyday objects as a simple grouping of geometric shapes. Here we see how two concentric circles, various trapezoids, ellipses and, yes, even a rhombus, can create an adorable little bunny rabbit.”

Professor Lombardo, Marge's art teacher comes up to her during class

“You learn to see everyday objects as a simple grouping of geometric shapes. Here we see how two concentric circles, various trapezoids, ellipses and, yes, even a rhombus, can create an adorable little bunny rabbit.”



Simpsons: SpringfieldSimpsons: Springfield

Homer finds glasses in the toilet and tries to act smart in front of the mirror

Homer: “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.”

Man in stall: “That’s a right triangle, you idiot!

Homer finds glasses in the toilet and tries to act smart in front of the mirror

Homer: “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.”

Man in stall: “That’s a right triangle, you idiot!

Numb3rsNumb3rs

An American television drama that premiered in 2005

About an FBI agent and his mathematical genius brother

Uses many different types of math to solve crimes and find criminals

An American television drama that premiered in 2005

About an FBI agent and his mathematical genius brother

Uses many different types of math to solve crimes and find criminals

Numb3rs: HangmanNumb3rs: Hangman

Flash Bang Thwack Uses the golden ratio

and Fibonacci sequence By successively

drawing an arc between vertices of each square in a golden rectangle, you can approximate a golden spiral.

Flash Bang Thwack Uses the golden ratio

and Fibonacci sequence By successively

drawing an arc between vertices of each square in a golden rectangle, you can approximate a golden spiral.



Numb3rs: Magic ShowNumb3rs: Magic Show Blood Splatter Trigonometry A moving droplet of blood

will eventually hit a surface. At the initial instance of contact, the spherical droplet will be tangent to the intercepting surface. The type of spatter the blood droplet leaves on the surface strongly depends on its direction and speed.

Volume Calculations cylinder

Blood Splatter Trigonometry A moving droplet of blood

will eventually hit a surface. At the initial instance of contact, the spherical droplet will be tangent to the intercepting surface. The type of spatter the blood droplet leaves on the surface strongly depends on its direction and speed.

Volume Calculations cylinder



Cast AwayCast Away

The path of the sun on the rock is used as a calendar.

Math?

The path of the sun on the rock is used as a calendar.

Math?



http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/castaway_rocklecture.html

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/castaway_rocklecture.html

Harold and KumarHarold and Kumar

Poem on the number square root of three and roots

Kumar uses it to get the love of his life to marry him

The Poem consists of rules in rooting numbers and properties of the square root of three

Poem on the number square root of three and roots

Kumar uses it to get the love of his life to marry him

The Poem consists of rules in rooting numbers and properties of the square root of three



PoemPoem I’m sure that I will always be a lonely number like root

three The three is all that’s good and right,Why must my three

keep out of sight, Beneath the vicious square root sign,I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321. Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see, Another square root of a threeAs quietly co-waltzing by, Together now we multiply, to form a number we prefer, Rejoicing as an integer

I’m sure that I will always be a lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,Why must my three keep out of sight, Beneath the vicious square root sign,I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321. Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see, Another square root of a threeAs quietly co-waltzing by, Together now we multiply, to form a number we prefer, Rejoicing as an integer

October SkyOctober Sky

Free fall differential equations

They use trigonometry to prove their rockets did not cause a fire in the woods

math?

Free fall differential equations

They use trigonometry to prove their rockets did not cause a fire in the woods

math?



A Beautiful MindA Beautiful Mind

John Nash Multivariable Calculus Riemann Hypothesis

The Riemann hypothesis implies results about the distribution of prime numbers that are in some ways as good as possible

John Nash Multivariable Calculus Riemann Hypothesis

The Riemann hypothesis implies results about the distribution of prime numbers that are in some ways as good as possible



SourcesSources

http://homepage.smc.edu/nestler_andrew/SimpsonsMath.htm

http://numb3rs.wolfram.com/601/ www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/ www.wikipedia.org www.world.std.com/~reinhold/

mathmovies.html

http://homepage.smc.edu/nestler_andrew/SimpsonsMath.htm

http://numb3rs.wolfram.com/601/ www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/ www.wikipedia.org www.world.std.com/~reinhold/

mathmovies.html

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