MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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The Magic Two-Horn (1949)
Sergey Pavlovich Bobrov
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I barely know anything about this Russian children's book that takes place in a magical mathematical world. Maxim Arnold mentioned it to me at a conference in Oaxaca and told me only that many mathematicians cite it as a source of their interest in mathematics. If you know any more details, please write to let me know.

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Works Similar to The Magic Two-Horn
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Three Days in Karlikania by Vladimir Levshin
  2. Number Stories: Learning Arithmetic Through the Adventures of Ralph and His Schoolmates by Alhambra G. Deming
  3. The Number Devil [Der Zahlenteufel] by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  4. Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers by Pendred Noyce
  5. Night of the Frightening Fractions by Robert Black
  6. Night of the Paranormal Patterns by Robert Black
  7. Little Zero the Seafarer [Captain One's frigate] by Vladimir Levshin
  8. Donald in Mathmagic Land by Hamilton Luske (director)
  9. Harvey Plotter and the Circle of Irrationality by Nathan Carter / Dan Kalman
  10. Quaternia by Tom Petsinis
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Categories:
GenreFantasy, Didactic, Children's Literature,
Motif
TopicReal Mathematics,
MediumNovels,

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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)