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a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

Author includes the word(s): Peter Hoeg
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(Note: This page not the entire list of works of Mathematical Fiction. To see the whole list, click here.)

Journey into a Dark Heart (1998)

Peter Hoeg

This story appears in the collection Tales of the Night made up of stories by Hoeg that are all set on the evening of March 19, 1929. In this one, a depressed young Danish mathematician takes a train... (more)

Smilla's Sense of Snow (1992)

Peter Hoeg

"Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen is a part-Inuit Dane who is an expert on ice and snow, and a mathematician to boot. She is depressed and/or anxious most of the time, and the story is very dark, depressing,... (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)