Mathematics and Humor
by
John Allen Paulos
Call Number: PN6149 .P5 P3 1982
ISBN: 9780226650258
Publication Date: 1982-11-15
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.