“Mathematicians are also joking” - a book by Sergei Fedin , which is a collection of mathematical humor collected and processed by the author. The book contains numerous mathematical jokes: statements by scientists, cases on exams, jokes , funny formulas and theorems , etc. [1]
| Maths are joking too | |
|---|---|
 Fourth Edition Cover | |
| Author | Sergey Fedin |
| Genre | math joke |
| Original language | Russian |
| Original published | year 2009 |
| Registration | Soft cover |
| Series | Scientists are joking |
| Publisher | URSS |
| Pages | 216 |
| Carrier | Book |
| ISBN | 978-5-397-02435-8 |
The collection is the first sufficiently complete collection of mathematical humor in Russian. As indicated in the annotation to the book, it will be interesting and useful not only to lovers of mathematics, students and teachers, but also to high school students, as well as to anyone who has come across “fascinating science” mathematics at the university. [2]
The first edition was published in 2009, and by 2012 the book has passed 4 editions. A substantial part of the book was included in the collection “Scientists are joking” (M., 2010).
The material of the collection was repeatedly cited in various books (“Geologists are joking ... And they are not joking”, M., 2010; “Soviet physicists are joking ... Although there was no time for jokes”, M., 2009, etc.) and periodicals (“ Science and life ”,“ Mathematics at school ”,“ Polynomial ”, etc.).
Book Contents
According to the table of contents, the fourth, substantially revised and supplemented edition of the book includes the following chapters: [2]
- Jokes of famous scientists;
- Cases in exams, lectures, etc.
- Mathematical jokes;
- Funny formulas, theorems, problems;
- Student folklore;
- It’s all different.
Notes
- ↑ Busev, 2009 .
- ↑ 1 2 Book page on the website of the URSS Publishing House . Date of treatment May 18, 2012. Archived September 17, 2012.
Literature
- Fedin S. N. Mathematicians are also joking. - 4th ed. - M .: URSS , 2012 .-- 216 p. - ISBN 978-5-397-02435-8 .
- Busev V. M. About the book “Mathematicians also joke” // Polynomial: Scientific and Methodological Journal. - 2009. - No. 2 . - S. 82-83 . Archived July 12, 2017.
- Fun science math // Science and life: Popular science journal. - 2009. - No. 4 . - S. 124-125 .