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Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (Reprint Edition) by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 124 Pages, Published 1982 ISBN-10: 0-226-65025-1 / 0226650251 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-65025-8 / 9780226650258 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, |