MathFiction: Year of the Rat (Kristine Kathryn Rusch)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Year of the Rat (2009)

Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Contributed by "William E. Emba"

A story of two brothers who use mathematics, one to prove, one to disprove God, and fortunately have their big sister to resolve things.

One of two mathematical stories in Denise Little's anthology Intelligent Design. (See also Luck be a Lady).

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Categories:

Genre	Humorous,
Motif	Proving Theorems, Religion,
Topic
Medium	Short Stories,

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