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The humor code : a global search for what makes things funny

McGraw, Peter (author.). Warner, Joel, 1978- (author.).

Summary: 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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  • ISBN: 9781451665413
  • ISBN: 1451665415
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-226) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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Subject: Wit and humor Psychological aspects

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