Mathematics and Humor
Mathematics and Humor

Author: John Allen Paulos

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-08-04

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0226650235

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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, René Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W. C. Fields, and Woody Allen. "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, New York Times "'Leave your mind 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."—New Scientist "Many scholars nowadays write seriously about the ludicrous. Some merely manage to be dull. A few—like Paulos—are brilliant in an odd endeavor."—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks
Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks

Author: G. Patrick Vennebush

Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781934759486

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Maths and Humour
Maths and Humour

Author: Markus Roskar

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-23

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9783110663549

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The artist Markus Roskar and Professor of Mathematics, Georg Glaeser, (who both teach at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna) have written a mathematics book of the other kind. In this book, mathematics sheds its image as an inaccessible, cumbersome science, and acquires an open and emotional dimension. The book is structured on the double-page principle: each double page includes an almost always humorous professional drawing that relates to the text on the other page. This text is written in an easy-going, often humorous, but always mathematically correct manner. It mostly deals with an everyday subject that has a mathematical background or an unorthodox mathematical question. Readers can count on a wealth of surprising solutions to often complex problems.

Cartoon Corner
Cartoon Corner

Author: Andy Reeves

Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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What better way to capture your students' imagination and bring it into the world of mathematics than cartoons? Cartoon Corner provides the resources to do just that, with cartoons collected and adapted from the popular ""Cartoon Corner"" in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, adding notes from teachers who field-tested the questions and solutions with their students. The activities are organised by topic and the opening chapter includes suggestions on the many ways to integrate cartoons into your classroom.

I Think, Therefore I Laugh
I Think, Therefore I Laugh

Author: John Allen Paulos

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780140295481

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Inspired by Wittgenstein's quip that a book on philosophy might consist entirely of jokes I Think, Therefore I Laugh explores topics such as misunderstandings of mathematics and science and of the relation between them, pseudo-science and its appeal, the uses and misuses of probability and statistics, humour and higher order endeavours and the interplay between narrative and numbers. This is a new edition of John Allen Paulos' second of six books and fans will recognise themes he later went on to pursue in other words.

Fundamental Mathematics
Fundamental Mathematics

Author: DAVID. EELBODE

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-31

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9789401462617

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-Unique trip through the wondrous world of mathematics -Rare combination of mathematics and humor -Intriguing exploration of the mathematical concept of space -Catchy style of writing Mathematics does not have to be boring. On the contrary: it can be very funny. In this book David Eelbode takes you on a fascinating trip to the mathematical concept of space through personal anecdotes, sharp observations and absurd reasoning. To make the difficult parts more understandable he uses a proven concept: humor. The reader of this book will not only learn about mathematics but also about the enigmatic community of people who are working on and in this fascinating world. David Eelbode is able to capture our attention with original and intriguing metaphors.

Beyond Numeracy
Beyond Numeracy

Author: John Allen Paulos

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2013-05-29

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 030783333X

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From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback.

Humble Pi
Humble Pi

Author: Matt Parker

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-01-19

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0593084691

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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?” “Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations—that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes.” —Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn’t. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Math is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit conversion error causes a plane to crash, or someone divides by zero and stalls a battleship in the middle of the ocean. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

A Numerate Life
A Numerate Life

Author: John Allen Paulos

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1633881199

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Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky "meta-memoir" raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What part of memory is reliable fact, what part creative embellishment? Which favorite presuppositions are unfounded, which statistically biased? By conjoining two opposing mindsets--the suspension of disbelief required in storytelling and the skepticism inherent in the scientific method--bestselling mathematician John Allen Paulos has created an unusual hybrid, a composite of personal memories and mathematical approaches to re-evaluating them. Entertaining vignettes from Paulos's biography abound--ranging from a bullying math teacher and a fabulous collection of baseball cards to romantic crushes, a grandmother’s petty larceny, and his quite unintended role in getting George Bush elected president in 2000. These vignettes serve as springboards to many telling perspectives: simple arithmetic puts life-long habits in a dubious new light; higher dimensional geometry helps us see that we're all rather peculiar; nonlinear dynamics explains the narcissism of small differences cascading into very different siblings; logarithms and exponentials yield insight on why we tend to become bored and jaded as we age; and there are tricks and jokes, probability and coincidences, and much more. For fans of Paulos or newcomers to his work, this witty commentary on his life--and yours--is fascinating reading.