MathFiction: Irrational Numbers (Robert Spiller)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Irrational Numbers (2008)

Robert Spiller
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Another mystery about high school math teacher Bonnie Pinkwater by the author of Witch of Agnesi. Like the others in this series, this is a murder mystery with adult themes (violence, homosexuality, etc.) in which we learn a little bit about famous female mathematicians from history (more than usual this time, in the form of a quiz) and one of those biographies vaguely inspires the solution of the mystery.

Contributed by Laura

High school math teacher, Bonnie Pinkwater, is back to solve the murder of a beloved high school hero and prom king who became the town pariah after admitting he is gay at graduation. She gets help and plenty of clever banter from her Principal, Lloyd Whittaker, there are subplots surrounding her new boyfriend, Armen, and a crisis in Principal Whittaker's marriage.

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Works Similar to Irrational Numbers

According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:

A Calculated Demise by Robert Spiller
The Witch of Agnesi by Robert Spiller
In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins
Los crímenes de Alicia [The Alice Murders / The Oxford Brotherhood] by Guillermo Martinez
The Crimson Cipher by Susan Page Davis
The Sudoku Murder by Shelley Freydont
Murder, She Conjectured by Alex Kasman
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
The Distant Dead by Heather Young

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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Mystery,
Motif	Real Mathematicians, Female Mathematicians, Math Education,
Topic
Medium	Novels,

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