Mathematics and Humor
Published on 15. November 1982
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-0-226-65025-8 (ISBN)
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, Rene Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W.C. Fields, and Woody Allen.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-65025-8 (9780226650258)
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08/2008
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Person
John Allen Paulos is professor of mathematics at Temple University. His most recent book is Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences.