Laughing at Numbers: Evidence for Numeracy in the “Philogelos”

• Authors: Kai Brodersen

Title variants

PL

Laughing at Numbers: Evidence for Numeracy in the “Philogelos”

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Ancient numeracy is reasonably well attested in scientific sources. However, any study of applied mathematics faces the problem of a dearth of evidence. The paper suggests that the jokes collected in the “Philogelos” provide such evidence, and discusses the failings which are referred to in these jokes.

Keywords

EN

numeracy; education; applied mathematics; Philogelos; jokes; numeracy; education; applied mathematics; Philogelos; jokes

PL

numeracy; education; applied mathematics; Philogelos; jokes

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 30

Dates

published

2020-12-30

Contributors

author

Kai Brodersen

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/sppgl.2020.XXX.6