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Mathematics and Humor

John Allen Paulos
4.9/5 (24648 ratings)
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Description:John Allen Paulos cleverly scrutinizes the mathematical structures of jokes, puns, paradoxes, spoonerisms, riddles, and other forms of humor, drawing examples from such sources as Rabelais, Shakespeare, James Beattie, Ren(r) Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W. C. Fields, and Woody Allen. Jokes, paradoxes, riddles, and the art of non-sequitur are revealed with great perception and insight in this illuminating account of the relationship between humor and mathematics.OCoJoseph Williams, "New York Times" 'Leave your "mind" alone, ' said a Thurber cartoon, and a really complete and convincing analysis of what humour is might spoil all jokes forever. This book avoids that danger. What it does. . .is describe broadly several kinds of mathematical theory and apply them to throw sidelights on how many kinds of jokes work.OCo"New Scientist" Many scholars nowadays write seriously about the ludicrous. Some merely manage to be dull. A fewOColike PaulosOCoare brilliant in an odd endeavor.OCo"Los Angeles Times Book Review""We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mathematics and Humor. To get started finding Mathematics and Humor, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
126
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Release
2014
ISBN
0226650235

Mathematics and Humor

John Allen Paulos
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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Description: John Allen Paulos cleverly scrutinizes the mathematical structures of jokes, puns, paradoxes, spoonerisms, riddles, and other forms of humor, drawing examples from such sources as Rabelais, Shakespeare, James Beattie, Ren(r) Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W. C. Fields, and Woody Allen. Jokes, paradoxes, riddles, and the art of non-sequitur are revealed with great perception and insight in this illuminating account of the relationship between humor and mathematics.OCoJoseph Williams, "New York Times" 'Leave your "mind" alone, ' said a Thurber cartoon, and a really complete and convincing analysis of what humour is might spoil all jokes forever. This book avoids that danger. What it does. . .is describe broadly several kinds of mathematical theory and apply them to throw sidelights on how many kinds of jokes work.OCo"New Scientist" Many scholars nowadays write seriously about the ludicrous. Some merely manage to be dull. A fewOColike PaulosOCoare brilliant in an odd endeavor.OCo"Los Angeles Times Book Review""We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mathematics and Humor. To get started finding Mathematics and Humor, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
126
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
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Release
2014
ISBN
0226650235

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