Alfred Jarry

French writer (1873–1907)

thumb|250px|Alfred Jarry in Corbeil in 1898 ''''Pataphysics''' () is a sardonic "philosophy of science" invented by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) intended to be a parody of science. Difficult to be simply defined or pinned down, it has been described as the "science of imaginary solutions".