Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It

Geary, James

ISBN 10: 0393254941 / ISBN 13: 9780393254945

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Codice articolo 00097973897

Riassunto:

Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there’s the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of artists, and the metaphysical wit of philosophers.Wit’s EndWit’s EndWit’s End

Informazioni sull'autore: James Geary is the author of four previous books, including the New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase, and is the deputy curator at Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism. A sought-after speaker and avid juggler, he lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

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Titolo: Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good