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Mathematics and humor / John Allen Paulos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paulos, John Allen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wit and humor--Philosophy.
- Wit and humor.
- Mathematics--Humor.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 pages)
- Edition:
- Paperback ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982, c1980.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, René 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.""-Joseph Williams, New York Times""
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Mathematics and Humor; 2. Axioms, Levels and Iteration; 3. Self-Reference and Paradox; 4. Humor, Grammar, and Philosophy; 5. A Catastrophe Theory Model of Jokes and Humor; 6. Odds and the End; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Include bibliographical references (p. 109-112).
- ISBN:
- 9786612710766
- 9781282710764
- 1282710761
- 9780226650234
- 0226650235
- OCLC:
- 655853268
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