Michael Wheeler

Maths Zen

Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?

To get to the other – er…



Why do mathematicians like national parks?

Because of the natural logs.



Why do mathematicians think Halloween and Christmas are the same?

Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.



Energy equals milk chocolate square.



Old mathematicians never die; they just lose some of their functions.



A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.



A statistician can have his head in an oven and his feet in ice, and he will say that on the average he feels fine.



97.3% of all statistics are made up.



Why did the cat fall off the roof?

Because he lost his mu.



A mathematician is a person who says that, when 3 people are supposed to be in a room but 5 came out, 2 have to go in so the room gets empty…



Sources (check them out, they’re really good to read):

users.ox.ac.uk/~invar

www2.cs.uregina.ca/~cowles