It’s not rocket science

An Arizona State University cosmologist who wrote The Physics of Star Trek tells The New York Times why he came around and became a fan of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory after initially rejecting it:

“First, because it is funny, and continues to be. Second, because the characters have developed softer edges, and one of them has the girl!”

Read the article, entitled “Exploring Nerdiness, for Laughs.”