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The humor code : a global search for what makes things funny / Peter McGraw, PhD and Joel Warner.
Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist travel the globe to discover the secret behind what makes things funny, questioning countless experts, including Louis C.K., along the way.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451665413 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1451665415 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781451665420 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1451665423 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-226) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Colorado : set-up -- Los Angeles : who is funny? -- New York : how do you make funny? -- Tanzania : why do we laugh? -- Japan : when is comedy lost in translation? -- Scandinavia : does humor have a dark side? -- Palestine : can you find humor where you least expect it? -- The Amazon : is laughter the best medicine? -- Montreal : punch line -- Acknowledgements -- Notes. |
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| Subject: | Wit and humor > Psychological aspects. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 152.43 MCG (Text) | 000109170 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| LDR | 01879cam a2200373 i 4500 | ||
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| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bSimon & Schuster, ‡c2014. | |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aWit and humor ‡xPsychological aspects. | |
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