8-15-17

Today is a glorious day!

The date is 8/15/17, which is mathematically significant because those three numbers represent a Pythagorean triple:

But August 15 has also been historically important:

• It’s the birthday of some famous people, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kerri Walsh-Jennings, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julia Child, and Ben Affleck, as well as some not-so-famous people, including one of my sisters, one of my aunts, one of my uncles, and my maternal grandfather.
• The Mayflower departed from Southampton, England, on August 15, 1620.
• The Panama Canal opened to traffic on August 15, 1914.
• The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on August 15, 1939, and exactly 40 years later, Apocalypse Now was released.
• In 1945, the Japanese surrendered on August 15.

But as of today, August 15 has one more reason to brag: It’s the official publication date of a bestseller-to-be…

More Jokes 4 Mathy Folks

Like its predecessor, this second volume of math humor contains over 400 jokes. Faithful readers of this blog may have seen a few of them before, but most are new. And if you own a copy of the original Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks, well, fear not — you won’t see any repeats.

What kind of amazing material will you find on the pages of More Jokes 4 Mathy Folks? There are jokes about school…

An excited son says, “I got 100% in math class today!”

“That’s great!” his mom replies. “On what?”

The son says, “50% on my homework, and 50% on my quiz!”

There are jokes about mathematical professions…

An actuary, an underwriter, and an insurance salesperson are riding in a car. The salesperson has his foot on the gas, the underwriter has her foot on the brake, and the actuary is looking out the back window telling them where to go.

There are Tom Swifties…

“13/6 is a fraction,” said Tom improperly.

And, of course, there are pure math jokes to amuse your inner geek…

You know you’re a mathematician if you’ve ever wondered how Euler pronounced Euclid.

Hungry for more? Sorry, you’ll have to buy a copy to sate that craving.

To purchase a copy for yourself or for the math geeks in your life, visit Amazon, where MoreJ4MF is already getting rave reviews:

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