New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Delia Casadei, "Risible: Laughter without Reason and the Reproduction of Sound" (U California Press, 2024)

Delia Casadei's "Risible" examines the history of laughter, tracing its evolution from ancient Greece to Hollywood sitcoms. The book explores laughter as a bodily technique and its relationship with sound reproduction technology.

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