MathFiction: To Hold Infinity (John Meaney)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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To Hold Infinity (1998)

John Meaney
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Meaney's first novel, which only saw its US release in 2006, is not quite as mathematical as some of his later books, but the foundations are there. We encounter "mu-space" (additional spatial dimensions that are somehow fractal in nature and are traversed by the bio-engineered "Pilots"). And, I like this quote in which the character ponders the implications of the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics":

(quoted from To Hold Infinity)

Why does maths lie at the heart of science? Why are features of the universe algorithmically compressible? Of what strange substrate is maths itself an emergent property?

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Ratings

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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Science Fiction,
Motif	Math as Beautiful/Exciting/Useful,
Topic	Chaos/Fractals,
Medium	Novels,

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