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Mathematics and humor [electronic resource] / John Allen Paulos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982, c1980.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: 1 online resource (116 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226650234 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226650235 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mathematics and humor.DDC classification:
  • 801.957 PAU 22
LOC classification:
  • PN6149.P5 P3 1982eb
Online resources:
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;
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.
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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.

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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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