MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Phase IV (1974)
Mayo Simon (writer) / Saul Bass (director)
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A mathematician who `applied game theory to the language of killer whales' is brought in to help fight an attack by intelligent ants.

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Works Similar to Phase IV
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Bees of Knowledge by Barrington J. Bayley
  2. In the River by Justin Stanchfield
  3. The Day the Earth Stood Still by Robert Wise (director) / Harry Bates (story) / Edmund H. North
  4. The Giant Claw by Fred F. Sears (director)
  5. Solid Geometry by Ian McEwan
  6. Schwarzschild Radius by Connie Willis
  7. Locker 49, or the Volunteers by David Rogers
  8. Threshold by Bragi F. Schut / Brannon Braga / David S. Goyer / Dan O'Shannon
  9. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
  10. The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
Ratings for Phase IV:
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Mathematical Content:
1/5 (1 votes)
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Literary Quality:
1/5 (1 votes)
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Categories:
GenreScience Fiction, Horror,
MotifAliens, War,
Topic
MediumFilms,

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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)