Mathematics and humor

Mathematics and humor / John Allen Paulos.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paulos, John Allen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982, ©1980.
Edition:Pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Wit and humor > Philosophy.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Wit and humor > Philosophy
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Table of 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.

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