John Cramer

Word Juggling (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Word play has surely been around since language began. One suspects it may even have been a prime motivation in the very first framing of language. Language as a wholesale joke? Don't underestimate the possibility. Word juggling, tossing words around, can assume an almost infinite variety of forms. Riddles and puns are apparently as old as language itself. The invention of writing and alphabets then opened up more possibilities that I classify as letter juggling, Reversible words and palindromes like Napoleon's lament, "Able was I ere I say Elba," were now possible and, unsurprisingly, sprang into being. Humor is seemingly as much a human characteristic as language; they form an inseparable horse and carriage that "go together." So read and enjoy this collection, a celebration of our humanity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Cramer
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463560686
• Artikelnr.: 69916089

Autorenporträt

Dr. John A. Cramer is an emeritus Professor of Physics at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia having earned his PhD. Degree from Texas A&M University. He has some forty years of experience teaching undergraduate physics and physical sciences and has authored numerous popular science articles. An avid outdoorsman and shell collector, his science interests extend well beyond physics.
Dr. Cramer's books include: A Brief History of Physical Science, How Alien Would Aliens Be? Why You Can't Shoot Straight: the basic Science of Shooting and Science Activities for K-5. All these are available in ebook formats. A Brief History of Physical Science, and How Alien Would Aliens Be?, are also available in print at most online retailers.