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Author includes the word(s): Jules Verne 3 matches found out of 1646 entries (Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

From the Earth to the Moon [De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes] (1865) Jules Verne This 19th century work of science fiction concerns an attempt by the Baltimore Gun Club to launch three astronauts in a projectile fired from a giant cannon. The novel mostly concerns the practical obstacles... (more)

Round the Moon (1870) Highly Rated! Jules Verne This early science fiction novel about space travel (published originally in French, of course) contains two chapters with explicit (and very nice) mathematical content. In Chapter 4 (A Little Algebra)... (more)

Topsy-turvy (Sans Dessus Dessous) (1889) Jules Verne The members of the Gun Club want to use a giant cannon's recoil to change the Earth's rotation axis, so they can exploit the presumed coalfields at the North Pole. An unfortunate side effect is that... (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)