MathFiction: The Cambridge Quintet (John L. Casti)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Cambridge Quintet (1999)

John L. Casti
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A group of famous historical figures, including Wittegenstein, Schrödinger, J.B.S. Haldane, and Alan Turing meet at the home of C.P. Snow to discuss the question of whether machines can think.

John Casti is a well known author of non-fiction books on popular mathematics, although his recent Mathematical Mountaintops had to be withdrawn from publication after charges of plagiarism. His more recent novel One True Platonic Heaven also features famous mathematicians as characters.

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Works Similar to The Cambridge Quintet

According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:

Perelman’s Refusal [Les Refus de Grigori Perelman] by Philippe Zaouati
One, True Platonic Heaven: A Scientific Fiction of the Limits of Knowledge by John L. Casti
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
Oracle by Greg Egan
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin
The Square Cube Law by Fletcher Pratt
Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore (playwright)
Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley
Doctor Who: The Turing Test by Paul Leonard
Lovesong of the Electric Bear by Snoo Wilson (playwright)

Ratings for The Cambridge Quintet:

Ratings

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Mathematical Content:
3.5/5 (2 votes)

Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Historical Fiction,
Motif	Real Mathematicians, Turing,
Topic	Computers/Cryptography,
Medium	Novels,

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