Des MacHale

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

1. ^ "How Dev was nearly lost to science". Irish Times. 13 May 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2010/0513/1224270275922.html. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
2. ^ Kohler, Chris (9 June 9). "Hands On: Sloane and MacHale, New DS Puzzler From Layton Developer". Wired. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/06/sloane-machale/. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 

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