MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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After Math (2013)
Denise Grover Swank
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This is a young adult novel about a college math major, a typical nerd with some apparent neuroses, who learns to be much more "normal" when she is forced to tutor a popular male soccer player.

Thanks to my student, Madeline Goodman, for bringing this book to my attention.

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Categories:
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MotifAnti-social Mathematicians, Mental Illness, Female Mathematicians, Romance, Math Education,
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MediumNovels,

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Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)