Des MacHale
Encyclopedia
Desmond "Des" MacHale is an associate professor of Mathematics
at University College Cork, Ireland
. He is a prolific author on various subjects, most notably humour. He has written fourteen books of lateral thinking
problems with author Paul Sloane
.He is a native of Castlebar Co Mayo.
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at University College Cork, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. He is a prolific author on various subjects, most notably humour. He has written fourteen books of lateral thinking
Lateral thinking
Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic...
problems with author Paul Sloane
Paul Sloane
Paul Sloane is an author and public speaker on lateral thinking and innovation. He was born in 1950 in Johnstone, Scotland and was educated at St Joseph's College, Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he read Engineering. He is the leading author of books of lateral thinking puzzles, many...
.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.