Humor in the Sciences: a Selected Bibliography
January, 2001
Pat Viele, Associate Physical Sciences Librarian
BOOKS
Bergler, Edmund, M.D. Laughter and the Sense of Humor. NY:Intercontinental Medical Book Corporation, 1956.
Olin BF575 L3 B49
Devine, Betsy and Joel E. Cohen. Absolute Zero Gravity. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992
Olin Q167 D48X
Harris, Sidney. Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science. New Brunswick, NJ:Rutgers University Press, 1989
Physical Sciences Library NC1429 H33315 A4X
Harris, Sidney. Can't You Guys Read?. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991
Olin NC1429 H33315 A4X
Harris, Sidney. Freudian Slips. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997
Olin NC1429 H33315 A4X
Morreall, John. Taking Laughter Seriously. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1983. [Ch. 9 "The Social Value of Humor"].
Olin BF575 L3 M81
Read, John. Humour and Humanism in Chemistry. London; G Bell and Sons Ltd, 1947.
Physical Sciences Library QD13 R281
Weber, Robert L. Science With a Smile. Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1992.
Physical Sciences Library Q167 S42
Handbook of Humor Research. Paul E. McGhee and Jeffrey H. Goldstein, editors. NY: Springer-Verlag, 1983. [Two Volumes]
Uris BF575 L3 H23
Rube Goldberg: a Retrospective. NY:Deliah Communications, Ltd., 1983.
Olin NC1429 G61 A4
Space Child's Mother Goose. Verses by Frederick Winsor Illustrations by Marian Parry. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Olin Library PS3545.I5957 S7
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Journal of Irreproducible Results
ILR Library (Ives Hall) Q167 .J86 v.29-35 (1984-1990)
Allen, Steve. (1972) "The Uses of Comedy". Journal of Creative Behavior 6: 83-85.
Bennett, Charles H. (1998) "Information Physics in Cartoons". Superlattices and Microstructures:23(3/4):367-372.
Carroll, James L. (1990) "The Relationship Between Humor Appreciation and Perceived Physical Health". Psychology: a Journal of Human Behavior:27(2):34-37.
Check, John F. (1986) "Positive Traits of the effective Teacher - Negative Traits of the Ineffective One". Education:106(3):326-334.
Cherkas, L; Hochberg F; MacGregor AJ; Snieder H: Spector TD. (2000) "Happy Families: a Twin Study of Humour". Twin Research:3(1):17-22.
Escarpit, Robert. (1969) "Humorous Attitude and Scientific Inventivity". Impact of Science on Society:XIX(3):253-258.
Feleki, Laszlo. (1969) "Keeping Laughably Up With science". Impact of Science on Society:XIX(3):279-290.
Franzini, Louis R., Mairiam J. rodin, and susan Haggerty. 1998 ����‚�š����‚��“Humorous Postings by University Faculty". Humor 11: (1) 33-41.
Gruner, Charles R. (1967) "Effect of Humor on Speaker Ethos and Audience Information Gain". Journal of Communication:17: (3) 228-233
Harlow, Harry F. (1969) "The Anatomy of Humour". Impact of Science on Society:XIX(3):225-240.
Jones, D.E.H. (1966) "On Being Blinded With Science". New Scientist:32(522):465-467.
Keogh, Brrenda, Stuart Naylor and Catherine Wilson. (1998) "Concept Cartoons: a New Perspective on Physics Education". Physics Education:33(4):219-224.
Shammi, P., Stuss DT. (1999) "Humour Appreciation: a Role of the Right Frontal Lobe." Brain:122(Part 4): 657-666.
Wanzer, Melissa Bekelja, and Ann Bainbridge Frymier. (1999) "The Relationship Between Student Perceptions of Instructor Humor and Student's Reports of Learning". Communication Education:48(1):48-62.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Hamilton, Robert A. "One-liners That Lighten Up Science". New York Times, Sunday, April 17, 1994, Section 14,pg CN-17.
WEB SITES
Annals of Improbable Research HOTA.I.R.
The Onion
DC Physics Humor
Doug Craigen's Own Physics Humor (a sub-page of the above)
Open Directory Project Science Humor
Physics Humor O
PhysLink Physics Cartoons and Jokes
Rx Laughter
S. Harris Cartoon Gallery
Science Jokes
The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project
