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Author includes the word(s): Robert Musil 2 matches found out of 1646 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

Confusions of Young Torless (1906) Robert Musil A semi-autobiographical novel set in a military academy in a desolate corner of the Austro-Hungarian empire, is the story of the intellectual awakening of an intelligent adolescent, and contains several... (more)

The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1: A Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Prevails (1930) Robert Musil The hero of this landmark of Modernism is a mathematician, but as the title suggests, it is difficult to say anything else about him. The author, Austrian Robert Musil, studied mathematics and philosophy... (more)

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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)