13. SOURCES OF SCIENCE HUMOR ON AND OFF THE NET

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13.1 MATHEMATICS

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NAME: Gary Ramseyer's First Internet Gallery of Statistics Jokes
 DESCRIPTION: Statistic jokes.  He claims it is the biggest statistics jokes
list on the net, but mine is bigger. :-) Still worth a visit.
MEDIUM: WWW: http://www.ilstu.edu/~gcramsey/Gallery.html

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From: elecyq#NoSpam.leonis.nus.sg (Chen YangQuan)
 NAME: Humor on Control Systems

DESCRIPTION: Mathematical Cartoons, not just control systems. Below follows
the official description:

'Control' is being said an "experimental subject" (see, for example,
D. S. Bernstein, "Control Experienments and What I learned From Them: A
Personal Journey", IEEE Control Systems, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 81-88)
although only the applied mathematics motivated papers can be published in
top international journals. Therefore, humor accurs. Here is a collection
of control-related humors published in the IEEE Control Systems Magzine
from 1984-1994 under the column of "Out of Control". Unfortunately, this
column is seemingly a disturbance (periodical or, repetitive:) and thus was
rejected by Control Systems since 1995. I enjoyed those humors and I
believe that humor implies creativity.

MEDIUM: Journal: IEEE Control Systems Magazine 1984-1994, column "Out of
Control" NOTE: Connection timed out at check on March 4, 2001

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From: fractalier#NoSpam.aol.com (Fractalier)
 NAME: Mathematics Fun, Fact, Fiction,

Function, Fantasy
 DESCRIPTION: Riddles, tricks and mathematical peculiarities
MEDIUM: WWW: http://www.lifesmith.com/mathfun.html

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NAME: Bamdad's Math Comics Page
 DESCRIPTION: Math related comics and cartoons from several sources
MEDIUM: WWW: http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth014/comics.html

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 Azzonlino, Aggie; Silvey, Linda; and Hughes, Barnabas, editors,
Mathematics and Humor, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1978.

DESCRIPTION: This collection of cartoons is a real gem. Old math jokes and
lots of new ones. There is everything from "Tom Swifties" (e.g., "Proofs
are necessary," reasoned Tom.) to the new book shelf (e.g., 10,000,000
Random Numbers Arranged in Ascending Order). Every teacher should have a
copy of this!

MEDIUM: Book.

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Special Category: Euclid/Euclides
From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Birdwood, Wilbur P., Euclid's Outline of Sex, Henry Holt and Co.,
1922.

DESCRIPTION: I know you won't believe this, but I found this by accident!
Was browsing the math section of a used book store in Berkeley and the next
section was on Sex. This was right between them. It's a Freudian
interpretation of Euclid.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 Boas, Ralph P., Jr., Lion Hunting & Other Mathematical Pursuits. A
Collection of Mathematics, Verse, and Stories, The Mathematical Association
of America, 1995.

DESCRIPTION: This collection of papers by Boas is loaded with gems. Lots of
interesting elementary papers; in addition, there are hundreds of tidbits
to amuse you.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Dudley, Underwood, Mathematical Cranks The Mathematical Association
of America, 1992.

DESCRIPTION: Look here for information about people who have really nutty
ideas about mathematics.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Eves, Howard W., In Mathematical Circles, Mathematical Circles
Revisited, Mathematical Circles Squared, Mathematical Circles Adieu, Return
to Mathematical Circles, Prindle, Weber, and Schmidt, 1969, 1971, 1972,
1977, 1988 respectively. BGSU: 510.02E93i, BA 1009, 510.02E93m, 510.2M426.

DESCRIPTION: This is the most wonderful collection of stories about
mathematics and mathematicians that I have ever seen. Go find these books
and read them. They will provide enjoyment and a wealth of stories for
teachers to tell in class.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Fadiman, Clifton, Fantasia Mathematica, The Mathematical Magpie,
Simon and Schuster, 1958 and 1962 respectively. BGSU: PN6071.M3F3, but only
the first one.

DESCRIPTION: Fiction with a mathematical theme is what you will find
here. The "No-Sided Professor" is a classic. Also a nice collection of
poetry and limericks.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Linderholm, Carl E., Mathematics Made Difficult, World Publishing,
1992.

DESCRIPTION: This is mathematics written in the style of Saint Thomas of
Aquinas.  Lots of play on advanced mathematics. The humor is subtle, but
the title is super.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Moritz, Robert Edouard, Memorabilia Mathematica; or the Philomath's
Quotation Book, reprinted by the Mathematical Association of America.

DESCRIPTION: Anecdotes, aphorisms, and quotations from famous
mathematicians. Dover has reprinted this as "On Mathematics and
Mathematicians." It is the classic book of quotations about mathematics. A
delightful book of quotations. You can find one here for any aspect of
mathematics.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: O'Brien, Katherine, Excavation and Other Verse, The Antheonsen
Press, 1967.

DESCRIPTION: Some of these poems are mathematical. I like "Einstein and the
ice-cream cone," "Valentine," and "Undefined Terms," but my favorite is
"Aftermath" which deals with what happens to a mathematicians library after
they die: "Now Hardy's a treasure and Banach a pleasure / and the Knopps a
delight for the mind." Rich allusions indeed for those who have read their
books.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Paulos, John Allen. Mathematics and humor, University of Chicago
Press, 1980. BGSU: PN6149.P5P3
 MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Robson, Ernest, and Wimp, J., Against Infinity. An Anthology of
Contemporary Mathematical Poetry, Primary Press, 1979.
  MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page) NAME: Schaaf, William L., A Bibliography of Recreational
Mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1955, 1970,1973,
1978.

DESCRIPTION: These bibliographies contain thousands of references to papers
in easily accessible journals dealing with such topics as calculating
prodigies, geometric fallacies, the Mobius strip, angle trisections,
mathematics and music, games of all sorts, etc.

MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)

 NAME: Schmalz, Rosemary, Out of the Mouths of Mathematicians, The
Mathematical Association of America, 1993.

DESCRIPTION: A new book of quotations, with a wealth of material from the
past two decades. You will find everything from stories about Von Neumann's
lightening quick mind to what should be called the World Sequence.
  MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)
 NAME: Steward, Ian, and Jaworski, John, Seven Years of Maifold, 1968-1980,
Shiva Publishing Limited, 1981. BGSU: QA7 .S48
 MEDIUM: Book

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From rickey#NoSpam.math.bgsu.edu (From his disappeared Bibliography of Humor in
Mathematics page)

 NAME: Swann, Howard, and Johnson, John, Prof. E. McSquared's original
fantastic & highly edifying calculus primer, W. Kaufmann, 1977. BGSU: curr
515S97p
  DESCRIPTION: Alas, this is a real calculus book. But with all the
cartoons, you might be interested in taking a look.
  MEDIUM: Book

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NAME: mathTics
DESCRIPTION: website with math cartoons.
MEDIUM: WWW http://www.mathtics.doze.at/

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NAME: Jacob Haller's Miscellaneous Writings, math stuff
DESCRIPTION: Math jokes
MEDIUM: WWW http://www.jwgh.org/miscwritings/index.html#math


New after last time posted (December 21, 2013) mathematics
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NAME: Good Riddles Now - Math jokes
DESCRIPTION: Math jokes, mainly  in the form of riddles.
MEDIUM: WWW http://goodriddlesnow.com/jokes/by/math-jokes


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