
a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
Author includes the word(s): John Updike2 matches found out of 1678
entries
(Note: This page not the entire list of works of
Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)
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Problems (1979) |
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What might otherwise be a standard short story about a man who regrets leaving his wife for his lover is recast by this famous author as a list of math homework problems. In one problem, where the man... (more) |
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Villages (2004) |
 | John Updike |
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The protagonist of this novel is Owen Mackenzie, a character who earned a degree in mathematics in the 1950's and went on to work with computers. His first lover, as well, was a mathematician. They... (more) |
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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)