John Allen Paulos

Broschiertes Buch

Mathematics and Humor

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

John Allen Paulos is professor of mathematics at Temple University. His most recent book is Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 1982
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 204mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780226650258
• ISBN-10: 0226650251
• Artikelnr.: 21212093