Ask Slashdot: Mathematical Fiction? 278
An anonymous reader writes "Neal Stephenson's 1999 Cryptonomicon was a great yarn. It was also a thoroughly enjoyable (and too short) romp through some mathematics. Where can I find more of that? I should say that I don't want SF — at least none of the classic SF I read voraciously in the 70s; it's just not the same thing, and far too often just a puppet-theatre for an author's philosophical rant. Has any author managed to hit the same vein as Stephenson did? (Good non-fiction math-reads are also gratefully accepted. What have you got?)"
George Orwell (Score:4, Funny)
After all, 2+2=5
Romney's Budget (Score:4, Funny)
It's great mathematical fiction.
The Story of O (Score:5, Funny)
The Story of O by Pauline Reage is the fascinating account of the discovery of the number in ancient Mesopotamia.
Oo oo! I've got one! (Score:1, Funny)
How about the Romney/Ryan economic recovery "plan". It's gotta qualify as mathematical fiction.
Oh, you want mathematical _fiction_ (Score:5, Funny)
I thought you wanted fictional mathematics and was going to point you to arXiv.
Easy (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Oo oo! I've got one! (Score:4, Funny)
I took a number out of the Romney/Ryan economic recovery plan, and multiplied it by itself to see what would happen. I got a negative number. Why would that be?
I took another number and multiplied it by itself, and got another negative number. In fact, every number I took from that plan and multiplied by itself, I got a negative number!
How could that be?
Re:Romney's Budget (Score:2, Funny)
No, it's fantasy.
Re:Romney's Budget (Score:4, Funny)
Obama's budget is a fairy tale with magical creatures called "taxes on the rich" which make everything better.