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The Balloon Hoax (1844) |
 | Edgar Allan Poe |
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This is Poe's account of an alleged balloon trip to the
moon, in the spirit of the then infamous moon hoax. The
balloon rider describes the Earth as appearing concave when
5 miles up. Later,... (more) |
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The Gold-Bug (1843) |
 | Edgar Allan Poe |
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Not only does this very famous Poe story contain a (very little) bit of mathematics in the form of a probabilistic approach to cryptography and a geometric description of the treasure hunt on the ground... (more) |
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The Power of Words (1845) |
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| Edgar Allan Poe |
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A very short work (two-pages long!) in
which two angels discuss the divine implications of our ability to
mathematically determine the future consequences of an action, especially
wave propagation.... (more) |
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The Purloined Letter (1844) |
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| Edgar Allan Poe |
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"This is the third and last C. Auguste Dupin mystery. The
Prefect of Paris police explains a very delicate situation
to Dupin, involving a royal letter whose possession grants
its bearer great... (more) |
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