a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
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| When a computer malfunction prevents the crew of a spaceship from being able to determine a trajectory back to Earth, they are forced to resort to using an abacus to aid in the computation. [Note that this seems to foreshadow the real event in which pilots on a ship designed to visit the moon were forced to do some computation by hand in order to determine a trajectory that would send them back to earth after a power failure. I'll admit that calculus may not generally be a matter of life and death, but I always point this out to my calculus students since they have all seen the film Apollo 13 in which one can clearly see the astronauts computing antiderivatives to save their lives.] First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1960) under the title "Inside the Comet" and collected in Tales of Ten Worlds. |
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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)
