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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 15
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Klein's Beer: "Futurama" Comedy and Writers in the Classroom
Greenwald, Sarah J.
PRIMUS, v17 n1 p52-66 Jan 2007
Here we explore the educational implications of classroom activities related to the backgrounds and motivations of talented Hollywood comedy writers and the mathematical moments they created for the Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom "Futurama." (Contains 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Comedy, Popular Culture, Number Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Anxiety, Science Fiction, Television, Animation, College Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
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