Mathematics and humor [electronic resource] / John Allen Paulos.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982, c1980.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: 1 online resource (116 p.) : illISBN:- 9780226650234 (electronic bk.)
- 0226650235 (electronic bk.)
- 801.957 PAU 22
- PN6149.P5 P3 1982eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-112).
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.
Description based on print version record.
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;
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