09 agosto 2007

A teoria das cordas encontra os Simpsons


How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper: If you needed any convincing that after 18 years on the air The Simpsons has thoroughly penetrated the popular consciousness, consider the following usage of the word "embiggen," one of the many fine references with which one Simpsons fan can detect another.