MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

Home All New Browse Search About

...
Altar of Eden (2009)
James Rollins
...

"Fractals" is the buzz word in this adventure novel in which a veterinarian discovers seemingly mutated animals who were unwittingly brought back to the US by Black Market traders. Including vague references to nearly every application of fractal geometry (from practical ones like antenna designs for cell phones to questionable ones like analyzing Wall Street data), the book concludes that intelligence itself is a fractal, and that this is reason for grave concern!

More information about this work can be found at www.amazon.com.
(Note: This is just one work of mathematical fiction from the list. To see the entire list or to see more works of mathematical fiction, return to the Homepage.)

Works Similar to Altar of Eden
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Equations of Life by Simon Morden
  2. The Lure by Bill Napier
  3. The Anomaly [L'Anomalie] by Hervé Le Tellier
  4. The Phantom Scientist [Le Chercher PhantĂ´me] by Robin Cousin
  5. Ossian's Ride by Fred Hoyle
  6. Improbable by Adam Fawer
  7. The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke / Frederik Pohl
  8. The Fringe (Episode: The Equation) by J.R. Orci (Screenplay) / David H. Goodman (Screenplay)
  9. Arcadia by Iain Pears
  10. Babirusa by Arula Ratnakar
Ratings for Altar of Eden:
RatingsHave you seen/read this work of mathematical fiction? Then click here to enter your own votes on its mathematical content and literary quality or send me comments to post on this Webpage.
Mathematical Content:
3/5 (1 votes)
..
Literary Quality:
2/5 (1 votes)
..

Categories:
GenreScience Fiction, Adventure/Espionage,
Motif
TopicChaos/Fractals,
MediumNovels,

Home All New Browse Search About

Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)