The once-surprising existence of non-Euclidean models of Euclid's first four axioms can be seen as a sort of mathematical joke.
John Allen PaulosIn the stock market... You can be right for the wrong reasons or wrong for the right reasons.
John Allen PaulosThe simple equations that generate the convoluted Mandelbrot fractal have been called the wittiest remarks ever made.
John Allen PaulosWhen asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.
John Allen PaulosHow many pizzas are consumed each year in the United States? How many words have you spoken in your life? How many different peoples names appear in the New York Times each year? How many watermelons would fit inside the U.S. Capital building? What is the volume of all the human blood in the world?
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