Mathematics and humor /

Mathematics and humor /

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Author / Creator:Paulos, John Allen.
Edition:Pbk. ed.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982, ©1980.
Description:1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Wit and humor -- Philosophy.
Wit and humor -- Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11227541
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ISBN:9780226650234
0226650235
9780226650258
0226650251
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112).
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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, Rene Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W.C. Fields, and Woody Allen.
Other form:Print version: Paulos, John Allen. Mathematics and humor. Paperback ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982, ©1980 9780226650258

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