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Oct 07, 2019 Jon Nakapalau rated it it was amazing

Science and humor - hard combination to pull off! But Sidney Harris does a great job of it!

Sep 21, 2014 Michael rated it it was amazing

290914: this rating is probably by sentiment. maybe it is not a five for most people, but i read these when i was kid in this book, and his work in scientific american. of course i did not know any scientific subtext, never will be scientist, never found that difficult in getting jokes here. my father was indeed a scientist (chemical physics prof) and so i could share with him, with scientists he worked in the entire u superstructure. i laughed then, i laugh now. i remember the cover joke foreve 290914: this rating is probably by sentiment. maybe it is not a five for most people, but i read these when i was kid in this book, and his work in scientific american. of course i did not know any scientific subtext, never will be scientist, never found that difficult in getting jokes here. my father was indeed a scientist (chemical physics prof) and so i could share with him, with scientists he worked in the entire u superstructure. i laughed then, i laugh now. i remember the cover joke forever... ...more

A few really great ones (for my sense of humor) and a bunch of fine ones. I feel like I've seen the "and then a miracle occurs" blackboard proof one outside of this book, so it was nice to see it in the context of the rest of the author's art.

Some favorites:
[two scientists looking at a tiny Mickey Mouse-like creature standing upright in a wire cage]: "Somehow I was hoping genetic engineering would take a different turn."

[two professors walking into a lab while talking]: ""We know he didn't disco

A few really great ones (for my sense of humor) and a bunch of fine ones. I feel like I've seen the "and then a miracle occurs" blackboard proof one outside of this book, so it was nice to see it in the context of the rest of the author's art.

Some favorites:
[two scientists looking at a tiny Mickey Mouse-like creature standing upright in a wire cage]: "Somehow I was hoping genetic engineering would take a different turn."

[two professors walking into a lab while talking]: ""We know he didn't discover that new virus – we're just naming it after Rheinblatt because it looks like Rheinblatt."

[staring at a man giving a talk to a long table of other people, with the word MIRV written on the board behind the speaker; thought bubble

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This collection of single-panel cartoons from American Scientist illustrates perfectly the difficulty of creating science humor that appeals both to scientists and laypeople. The best of the cartoons here are worth a decichuckle at most, and there are precious few that merit even that much. Still, this collection is of general interest because it contains the "And then a miracle happens..." comic—the most famous, and most overused, scientific joke of all time.

Disclaimer: I am not a science snob.

This collection of single-panel cartoons from American Scientist illustrates perfectly the difficulty of creating science humor that appeals both to scientists and laypeople. The best of the cartoons here are worth a decichuckle at most, and there are precious few that merit even that much. Still, this collection is of general interest because it contains the "And then a miracle happens..." comic—the most famous, and most overused, scientific joke of all time.

Disclaimer: I am not a science snob. Anything that makes people more interested in science wins my approval. I am, however, an insufferable humor snob, and it is in this capacity that I wrote the review above.

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In its day, it was probably a chuckle. Now it's pretty darned dated. In its day, it was probably a chuckle. Now it's pretty darned dated. ...more

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Sidney Harris, a.k.a. S. Harris, is a cartoonist, best known for his cartoons about science, mathematics, and technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_...

Librarian Note:
There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Sidney Harris, a.k.a. S. Harris, is a cartoonist, best known for his cartoons about science, mathematics, and technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_...

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