Mathematics and Humor by John Allen Paulos

Mathematics and Humor

John Allen Paulos

124 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science funny informative slow-paced
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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, Art...

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