MathFiction: Numbers (Dana Dane)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Numbers (2009)

Dana Dane
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Hip Hop artist Dana Dane wrote this novel about a NYC youth with mathematical talent who gets caught up in a life of crime. There is no actual mathematics discussed. Rather, it appears in a few brief comments only to justify the protagonist's nickname of "Numbers" and presumably to convince us that he had the potential for a bright future under the right circumstances.

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Works Similar to Numbers

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

Against the Odds by Martin Gardner
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The Wizard by C.S. Godshalk
Gambler's Rose by G.W. Hawkes
Signal to Noise by Eric S. Nylund
The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am [Jo Fortere Jeg Gar, Jo Mindre Er Jeg] by Kjersti A Skomsvold
La Conjecture de Syracuse by Antoine Billot
Løvekvinnen [Lion Woman] by Erik Fosnes Hansen
Pythagoras the Mathemagician by Karim El Koussa

Ratings for Numbers:

Ratings

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Mathematical Content:
1/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre
Motif	Prodigies, Math Education,
Topic
Medium	Novels,

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