Mathematicians in Love First edition |
| Author | Rudy Rucker |
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| Cover artist | J. P. Fruchet |
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| Language | English |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
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| Publisher | Tor Books (USA) |
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Publication date | December 2006 |
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| Publication place | United States |
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| Media type | Print (hardback) |
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| Pages | 364 |
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| ISBN | 0-7653-1584-X (first edition, hardback) |
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| OCLC | 64442767 |
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| 813/.54 22 |
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| LC Class | PS3568.U298 M38 2006 |
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Mathematicians in Love is a science fiction novel by American writer Rudy Rucker.
Plot summary
Bela and Paul are working towards their Ph.Ds under the direction of a mad math genius named Roland Haut, they invent a para-computer called "GoBubble" that predicts the future. They are both involved in a love triangle with Alma.
Reception
Publishers Weekly in their review said that "Rucker cleverly pulls off a romantic comedy about mathematicians in love" and that "While most of the mathematical flights may stun hapless mathophobes, Rucker's wild characters, off-the-wall situations and wicked political riffs prove that writing SF spoofs, like Bela's rock music avocation, "beats the hell out of publishing a math paper."[1] Carl Hays in his review for Booklist said that "in a riotously twisting plot, complete with hypertunnels, alien shellfish from a parallel universe, and an improbable resolution to the threesome’s romantic dilemma, Rucker pulls out all the stops for one of his most entertaining yarns to date."[2]
References
- ^ "Mathematicians in Love". Publishers Weekly. 253 (42): 36. October 23, 2006. ISSN 0000-0019.
- ^ Hays, Carl (December 1, 2006). "Mathematicians in Love". Booklist. 103 (7): 33. ISSN 0006-7385.
External links
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| Novels | | The Ware Tetralogy | |
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| Transreal novels |
- White Light (1980)
- Spacetime Donuts (1981)
- The Sex Sphere (1983)
- The Secret of Life (1985)
- The Hacker and the Ants (1994) (Revised 'Version 2.0' 2003)
- Saucer Wisdom (1999) novel marketed as non-fiction
- The Big Aha (2013)
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| Other Novels |
- Master of Space and Time (1984)
- The Hollow Earth (1990)
- Spaceland (2002)
- As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter Bruegel (2002)
- Frek and the Elixir (2004)
- (2006)
- Postsingular (2007)
- Hylozoic (2009)
- Jim and the Flims (2011)
- Turing and Burroughs (2012)
- Return to the Hollow Earth (2018)
- Million Mile Road Trip (2019)
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| Short fiction collections |
- The Fifty-Seventh Franz Kafka (1983)
- Transreal!, also includes some non-fiction essays (1991)
- Gnarl! (2000), complete short stories
- Mad Professor (2006)
- Complete Stories (2012)
- Transreal Cyberpunk, with Bruce Sterling (2016)
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| Non-fiction | | As author |
- Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension (1977)
- Infinity and the Mind (1982)
- The Fourth Dimension: Toward a Geometry of Higher Reality (1984)
- Mind Tools (1987)
- All the Visions (1991),
- Seek! (1999)
- Software Engineering and Computer Games (2002)
- The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me about Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and how to be Happy (2005)
- Nested Scrolls (2011)
- Collected Essays (2012)
- Journals 1990-2014 (2015)
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