MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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The Facts of Death (1998)
Raymond Benson
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Would you believe...James Bond battling a mathematical cult bent on world destruction? (It could happen.) In this latter day Bond novel, the villian is a dynamic leader of a cult who bases his teachings on Pythagoras!

Contributed by "William E. Emba"

At one point, 007 must quickly, and in his head, solve a geometric puzzle to disarm a nuclear missile. (It's an entirely fair and clever little puzzle, by the way, despite appearances.)

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  4. Tetraktys by Ari Juels
  5. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
  6. Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
  7. The Spoilers by Desmond Bagley
  8. The Deluge by Stephen Markley
  9. The Crimson Cipher by Susan Page Davis
  10. Equations of Life by Simon Morden
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Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreAdventure/Espionage,
MotifEvil mathematicians,
Topic
MediumNovels,

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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)