Announcing ‘Pataphysics: A Useless Guide September 18, 2012: In non-useless news, MIT Press has just published what is no doubt to be a primary source for all things 'Pataphysics, in Andrew Hugill's 'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide. From the release: Of all the French cultural exports over the last 150 years or so, ‘pataphysics--the science of imaginary solutions and the laws governing [...] by Harriet Staff