{"product_id":"mathematics-and-humor-9780226650258","title":"Mathematics and Humor","description":"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, Ren  Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W. C. Fields, and Woody Allen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jokes, paradoxes, riddles, and the art of non-sequitur are revealed with great perception and insight in this illuminating account of the relationship between humor and mathematics.\"-Joseph Williams, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"'Leave your \u003ci\u003emind\u003c\/i\u003e alone, ' said a Thurber cartoon, and a really complete and convincing analysis of what humour is might spoil all jokes forever. This book avoids that danger. What it does. . .is describe broadly several kinds of mathematical theory and apply them to throw sidelights on how many kinds of jokes work.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Many scholars nowadays write seriously about the ludicrous. Some merely manage to be dull. A few-like Paulos-are brilliant in an odd endeavor.\"-\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Allen Paulos is professor of mathematics at Temple University. His most recent book is \"Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409988292882,"sku":"9780226650258","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e704a2d-2c28-42a1-b924-aafbd99a2a97.jpg?v=1729297367","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mathematics-and-humor-9780226650258","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}