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Mathematics and humor /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1982, ©1980.
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| Edition: | Pbk. ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |