a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
Author includes the word(s): Murray Leinster
4 matches found out of 1585
entries
(Note: This page not the entire list of works of
Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)
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The Ethical Equations (1945) |
 | Murray Leinster |
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Mathematics is invoked several times to formalize `what goes
round, comes around' as if it were a law of nature. 100% hokey.
The only thing worse than the bad math is the bad science.
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The Fifth-Dimension Catapult (1931) |
 | Murray Leinster |
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This short novel, originally published in the January 1931 ASTOUNDING,
and republished by Damon Knight in SCIENCE FICTION OF THE 30'S (1975),
involves a mathematical physicist whose theories get applied... (more) |
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The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator (1935) |
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| Murray Leinster |
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Uses the fourth dimension as geewhiz terminology to explain
a matter duplicator/unduplicator. Includes a tesseract.
But if you ignore the story's explanation involving time as
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Sidewise in Time (1934) |
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| Murray Leinster |
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"The protagonist is a frustrated mathematician, whose genius
(which Leinster makes some attempt to convey) is not recognized
by his teachers and peers. So when reality goes... (more) |
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Exciting News: The total number of works of mathematical fiction listed in this database recently reached a milestone. The 1,500th entry is The Man of Forty Crowns by Voltaire. Thanks to Vijay Fafat for writing the summary of that work (and so many others). I am also grateful to everyone who has contributed to this website. Heck, I'm grateful to everyone who visited the site. Thank you!
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