Des MacHale

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Desmond "Des" MacHale is an associate professor of Mathematics at University College Cork, Ireland.^[1] He is a prolific author on various subjects, most notably humour. He has written fourteen books of lateral thinking problems^[2] with author Paul Sloane. He is a native of Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

Selected publications

Best Irish Humorous Quotations (Mercier, 1995), ISBN 1-85635-138-6
Comic Sections: The Book of Mathematical Jokes, Humour, Wit and Wisdom (Boole Press, 1993), ISBN 1-85748-006-6
The World's Best Maggie Thatcher Jokes (Angus & Robertson, 1989), ISBN 0-207-16224-7
The Book of Irish Bull: Better than All the Udders (Mercier, 1987), ISBN 0-85342-822-0
George Boole: His Life and Work (Boole Press, 1985), ISBN 0-906783-14-3
"Picture The Quiet Man" Appletree Press (2004) – Book on the movie The Quiet Man.

References

↑ "How Dev was nearly lost to science". Irish Times. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
↑ Kohler, Chris (9 June 9). "Hands On: Sloane and MacHale, New DS Puzzler From Layton Developer". Wired. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Name	Machale, Des
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Short description	Irish mathematician
Date of birth	1950
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