Introduction Part I. Quotidian Riddles: Making Sense of the Silly and Surprising 1. My Friends Are More Popular Than I Am: The Friendship Paradox 2. Waiting for Godot: The Elevator Paradox 3. The Pursuit of Happiness: The Paradox of Hedonism 4. Tip Now or Tip Later? The Good Service Paradox 5. Don''t Work Out to Lose Weight: The Exercise Paradox Part II. Language Is Tricky: It''s Not What You Say, It''s What They Hear 6.
Can''t Get No Satisfaction: Morgenbesser''s Double Negatives 7. Don''t Trust Friends: False Friends 8. Janus Words: The Antagonym Paradox 9. Pentasyllabic Has Five Syllables: The Grelling-Nelson Paradox 10. A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose: The Langford-Moore Paradox Part III. Unbelievable but True: There''s More Than Happy Endings 11. Whodunit? He Done It! The Paradox of Suspense 12. To Wallow in Sorrow: The Paradox of Tragedy 13.
Moved to Tears: The Paradox of Fiction 14. Hidden by Quotation Marks: The Quinification Paradox 15. All Remaining Errors Are My Own: The Preface Paradox Part IV. You Do the Math: Numbers Don''t Lie--Go Figure! 16. Chocolates from the Trays: The Axiom of Choice 17. Rounding Crooked Numbers: 0.999 . 18.
On or Off? Thomson''s Lamp 19. Randomness Is Not Random: The Random Numbers Paradox 20. Zero or One? That Is the Question: Grandi''s Paradox Part V. Let''s Get Physical 21. Why Is It Dark at Night? Olbers''s Paradox 22. Gathering in the Middle: The Tea Leaves Paradox 23. Shaken, Not Stirred! The Brazil Nut Effect 24. Cold and Colder: The Mpemba Paradox 25.
Suck or Spout? The Sprinkler Paradox Part VI. The Possibility of Probability . and Then There''s Statistics 26. A Cadillac or a Goat? The Monty Hall Paradox 27. To Treat or Not to Treat? Simpson''s Paradox 28. A Holistic Approach: The Two Envelopes Problem 29. Silver and Gold? Bertrand''s Probability Paradox 30. Are More Than Half the Babies Boys? Lindley''s Paradox Part VII.
Footloose Philosophy: Give It Some Thought 31. To Shave or Not to Shave . Oneself: Russell''s Barber Paradox 32. I Don''t Believe It: Moore''s Paradox 33. Known Knowns, Known Unknowns: Fitch''s Paradox 34. No ATM in the Desert: Parfit''s Hitchhiker 35. Plus, or Quus? The Kripkenstein Paradox Part VIII. Loopy Logic: Making Sense of Seeming Nonsense 36.
God Exists and the Moon Is Made of Cheese: Curry''s Paradox 37. To Know Nothing: Socrates''s Paradox 38. Is There a Point in Asking the Question? Meno''s Paradox 39. The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth: Gödel''s Incompleteness Theorem 40. Are All Ravens Black? Hempel''s Paradox Part IX. Questions of Faith: The Small Print of Holy Texts 41. In the Name of the Lord, Your God: The Third Commandment 42. A Stone So Heavy .
: The Omnipotence Paradox 43. Accumulate Wealth . but Don''t Spend It: The Paradox of Asceticism 44. Thou Mayest Steal: The Sermon on the Mount 45. All Is Perfect: The Smarandache Paradox Part X. Legal Liabilities: Terms and Conditions Apply 46. When Two Rights Make a Wrong: The Blackmail Paradox 47. Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Prosecutor''s Fallacy 48.
The Right to Remain Silent: The Fifth Amendment 49. When in Doubt, Acquit: The Unspecified Offense Paradox 50. Can Two Wrongs Make a Right? The Holistic Trial Paradox Part XI. The Economics of the Unexpected: It Stacks Up . but Does It Balance? 51. Sell a Lot and Make No Profits: Bertrand''s Economics Paradox 52. Doing More with Less: Jevons''s Paradox 53. Optimal Liberalism: Sen''s Paradox 54.
Private Vices, Publick Benefits: Mandeville''s Paradox 55. Tightening One''s Belt: The Paradox of Thrift Part XII. Puzzling Politics: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy 56. Who Should Win? Condorcet Cycles 57. More Seats or Fewer? The Alabama Paradox 58. To Abstain from Elections: The Nonvoting Paradox 59. Packing and Cracking: Gerrymandering 60. How Can One Be a Democrat? Wollheim''s Paradox Epilogue Postscript Bibliographic Notes Index.