a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
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| I have long known that mathematician Charles Dodgson, who wrote the famous Alice stories under the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll", also wrote a book defending Euclid's ancient text as the best for teaching geometry. However, having never read it myself, I was not aware that it was written in the form of a play featuring Euclid's ghost and the fictional characters "Minos" and "Dr. Niemand". I am grateful to Matthew Huerta-Enochian for suggesting that I add it to the list here. The entire book is currently available online as a Google book. It may still be entertaining, as it contains some of the author's well known sense of humor. However, it is also likely to be hopelessly out of date as our views of both geometry and pedagogy have changed a great deal since this was written. It has even been suggested that this work is no longer viewed as being historically/mathematically accurate. Can anyone comment on this? |
| More information about this work can be found at books.google.com. |
| (Note: This is just one work of mathematical fiction from the list. To see the entire list or to see more works of mathematical fiction, return to the Homepage.) |
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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)
