Paulos, John Allen.
Contents: Lani "Quota Queen" Guinier: Voting, Power, and Mathematics -- Bosnia: Is It Vietnam or World War II?: Psychological Availability and Anchoring Effects -- Recession Forecast If Steps Not Taken: Unpredictability, Chaos, and Pooh-Poohing the Pooh-Bahs -- Afta Nafta, Lafta; Free Traders Exult: Headlines and the Inverted Pyramid -- Pakistan's Bhutto Gambles in Trade Negotiations: On Dice and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BasicBooks 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1989
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1982
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1998