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Author includes the word(s): Bruce Sterling 2 matches found out of 1611 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

The Difference Engine (1991) William Gibson / Bruce Sterling Two of the innovators of the cyberpunk novel -- famous for showing how messed up the future will be because of technology -- turn everything around and show us instead how great the past would have been... (more)

Heavy Weather (1994) Bruce Sterling Tornado weather in Texas gets worse over the coming decades, and a team headed by a supergenius mathematician confronts the ultimate tornado. Includes explicit summaries of his mathematical prowess (surprisingly, not chaos theory) and of his complete social incompetence (not a surprise, I suppose). (more)

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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)