MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Music of the Spheres (2001)
Elizabeth Redfern
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Contributed by "William E. Emba"

A highly praised (a la Caleb Carr) historical thriller set in Europe in 1795, involving lots of astronomy. This includes Laplace musing over his theorem that gravitational perturbations are bounded, and his wondering if a similar theorem applies to history.

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Works Similar to The Music of the Spheres
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Three Body Problem by Catherine Shaw
  2. One, True Platonic Heaven: A Scientific Fiction of the Limits of Knowledge by John L. Casti
  3. Beyond the Limit: The Dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya by Joan Spicci
  4. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
  5. Newton's Hooke by David Pinner
  6. Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley
  7. Shooting the Sun by Max Byrd
  8. Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle Volume 1 by Neal Stephenson
  9. El matemático del Rey by Juan Carlos Arce
  10. Still She Haunts Me by Katie Roiphe
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Categories:
GenreHistorical Fiction,
MotifReal Mathematicians,
TopicAnalysis/Calculus/Differential, Mathematical Physics,
MediumNovels,

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Where are the new works of mathematical fiction?: As you can see from this chronological listing, this database includes many works of mathematical fiction for each year from 1990 to 2025. Strangely, only two are listed for 2026, so far. Either less mathematical fiction is being published than in previous years or I'm just having more trouble finding it. If you know of any works of fiction that should be added to this list, especially recently published ones, please let me know. (Keep in mind that I do not include self-published works or children's fiction that just covers elementary mathematical concepts.) Thanks!

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)