The humor code a global search for what makes things funny
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.
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
2014.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a McGraw, Peter, |d 1970- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The humor code : |b a global search for what makes things funny / |c Peter McGraw, PhD, and Joel Warner. |
| 250 | |a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Simon & Schuster, |c 2014. | |
| 300 | |a xv, 239 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-226) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Wit and humor |x Psychological aspects. | |
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