MathFiction: Search

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

Author includes the word(s): Jules Verne
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(Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

From the Earth to the Moon [De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes] (1865)

Jules Verne

This 19th century work of science fiction concerns an attempt by the Baltimore Gun Club to launch three astronauts in a projectile fired from a giant cannon. The novel mostly concerns the practical obstacles... (more)

Round the Moon (1870)
Highly Rated!

Jules Verne

This early science fiction novel about space travel (published originally in French, of course) contains two chapters with explicit (and very nice) mathematical content. In Chapter 4 (A Little Algebra)... (more)

Topsy-turvy (Sans Dessus Dessous) (1889)

Jules Verne

The members of the Gun Club want to use a giant cannon's recoil to change the Earth's rotation axis, so they can exploit the presumed coalfields at the North Pole. An unfortunate side effect is that... (more)

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Exciting News: The total number of works of mathematical fiction listed in this database recently reached a milestone. The 1,500th entry is The Man of Forty Crowns by Voltaire. Thanks to Vijay Fafat for writing the summary of that work (and so many others). I am also grateful to everyone who has contributed to this website. Heck, I'm grateful to everyone who visited the site. Thank you!

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