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This collection of math-based short stories began with a fun, light-weight joke of a tale by Asimov. What do the numbers 1-999 and the Old Testament have in common? They both have "No a(h)" in them...
— May 11, 2012 08:22AM
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May 11, 2012 11:44AM
In one of his novels, World of Wonders (I think), Robertson Davies has one of his characters make a math-Bible pun. The question goes something like this: "Who in the Old Testament milked a bear?" The answer is: the eight children of Nahor, brother of Abraham. The Bible states that "these eight did Milkah bear" (Gen. 22:23), Milkah being the wife of Nahor.
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