MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Zéro, ou les Cinq vies d'Aemer (2005)
Denis Guedj
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This novel traces the history of the number `zero' through the lives of five different women, living in five different eras, but all living in the same place: Mesopotamia/Iraq.

Guedj is already known to frequent visitors to this website for his amazing Parrot's Theorem, and I'm assuming that this one is as good or perhaps even better. However, it is not yet available in America or in English as far as I know. If anyone has read it in French and can write in with more details, I would be very grateful. (Use the "RATINGS" link below to record your comments about this book.)

Contributed by Anonymous

It's good:)

More information about this work can be found at www.amazon.fr.
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According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
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Ratings for Zéro, ou les Cinq vies d'Aemer:
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:
4/5 (2 votes)
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Literary Quality:
4/5 (2 votes)
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Categories:
GenreHistorical Fiction, Didactic,
Motif
TopicAlgebra/Arithmetic/Number Theory,
Medium

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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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