a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
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| This story combines the familiar tale of Ada Lovelace meeting Charles Babbage and discussing his difference engine with that of a younger Ada conversing with a fairy about using mathematics to create wings that would allow a person to fly. In this version of their story, Babbage is interested in pure math but Ada only cares about math to the extent that it has applications, and it is implied that this difference between them is the "alchemy" which made their collaboration so successful. Published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #207, September 1, 2016. |
| More information about this work can be found at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com. |
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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)
