MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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well known author of non-fiction books on popular mathematics, although his recent Mathematical Mountaintops had to be withdrawn from publication after charges of plagiarism.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:
  1. One, True Platonic Heaven: A Scientific Fiction of the Limits of Knowledge by John L. Casti
  2. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
  3. A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin
  4. Oracle by Greg Egan
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  6. Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore (playwright)
  7. Lovesong of the Electric Bear by Snoo Wilson (playwright)
  8. Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle Volume 1 by Neal Stephenson
  9. Conceiving Ada by Lynn Hershman-Leeson
  10. Shooting the Sun by Max Byrd
Ratings for The Cambridge Quintet:
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Mathematical Content:
3.5/5 (2 votes)
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Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreHistorical Fiction,
MotifReal Mathematicians, Turing,
TopicComputers/Cryptography,
MediumNovels,

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