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Mathematical fiction is a genre of creative fictional work in which mathematics and mathematicians play important roles. The form and the medium of the works are not important. The genre may include poems, short stories, novels or plays; comic books; films, videos, or audios.
The Ware Tetralogy is a series of four science fiction novels by author Rudy Rucker: Software (1982), Wetware (1988), Freeware (1997) and Realware (2000). [1]The first two books both received the Philip K. Dick Award for best novel.
These mathematical fiction novels and other fiction books have some elements of mathematics, or feature real or fictional mathematicians. Frequently these books use narrative devices to explore mathematical topics.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction points to A Plunge into Space (Robert Cromie, 1890) [9] as having a subplot very similar to "The Cold Equations". [10] " A Weighty Decision" ( Al Feldstein in Weird Science , 1952) [ 11 ] and the story "Precedent" ( E. C. Tubb in New Worlds , 1952) [ 12 ] also have been cited as potential inspirations.
A History of Greek Mathematics; An Account of the Rotula Arithmetica; Adventures Among the Toroids; The Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem; Algorithmic Combinatorics on Partial Words; The Analyst; Analytic Combinatorics (book) The Annotated Turing; Antifragile (book) Antiquarian science books; The Applicability of Mathematics in Science ...
Moebius (1996) – Topologists including a young girl make contributions to the subway system and other facets of reality in Argentina in this math film with a science fiction and surreal feel. Moneyball (2011) – Oakland Athletics baseball team's general manager Billy Beane attempts to assemble a competitive team using statistics.
What If? is Munroe's second published book, his first being XKCD: Volume 0, a curated collection of xkcd comics released in 2009. [12] Munroe released a third book, titled Thing Explainer, in 2015, and a fourth book titled How To in 2019. [13] [14] A sequel, What If? 2, was announced in January 2022 and was released on September 13 that year. [6]
The Calculating Stars is a science fiction novel by American writer Mary Robinette Kowal. The book was published by Tor Books on July 3, 2018. [ 1 ] It is the first book in the " Lady Astronaut " series and is a prequel to the 2012 short story " The Lady Astronaut of Mars ".