MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Blowups Happen (1940)
Robert A. Heinlein
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Contributed by "William E. Emba"

A mathematician discovers that his formulas predict that an important new power station poses an extremely grave risk to humanity, and he must convince others of the danger.

reprinted in THE PAST THROUGH TOMORROW.

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Contributed by Anonymous

More physical or physico-mathematical than actually mathematical fiction, and moreover it throws in a bit of mumbo-jumbo à la Korzybski (a unified approach to physics, psychology, economics... you name it), but readable nevertheless.

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  3. A Slight Miscalculation by Ben Bova
  4. Archive (Travelers, Season 3 Episode 8) by Ken Kabatoff / Brad Wright
  5. Buried Alive at the End of the World by Blair Bourrassa
  6. Misfit by Robert A. Heinlein
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  8. Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
  9. The Mathematical Kid by Ross Rocklynne
  10. The Second Moon by Russell R. Winterbotham
Ratings for Blowups Happen:
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Mathematical Content:
3/5 (3 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3.33/5 (3 votes)
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Categories:
GenreScience Fiction,
MotifCool/Heroic Mathematicians, Future Prediction through Math,
TopicMathematical Physics,
MediumShort Stories, Available Free Online,

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