tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post3223831727287698795..comments2023-11-14T20:44:36.587-06:00Comments on Cosmic Yarns: Mathematics in Science FictionRobert Scherrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-23870350479501251612015-12-17T05:34:51.299-06:002015-12-17T05:34:51.299-06:00Mathematics is great help in the since i read your...Mathematics is great help in the since i read your project and its tell us how to use mathematics technique in since thanks for sharing <a href="http://www.revisemypaper.net/professional-thesis-revision-services/" rel="nofollow">thesis revision</a>Allen jeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312119051975318074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-11216097160025450412015-11-09T10:39:53.636-06:002015-11-09T10:39:53.636-06:00Greg Egan is one of my favorite authors, but you r...Greg Egan is one of my favorite authors, but you really do need a PhD in a technical field to fully appreciate his stories.Robert Scherrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-38016988252056856132015-11-08T01:30:55.580-06:002015-11-08T01:30:55.580-06:00A lot of stories by Greg Egan have mathematics as ...A lot of stories by Greg Egan have mathematics as an underlying theme. Perhaps my favorites are "Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies" and "Wang's Carpet's". Theodore Sturgeon also wrote a short story about a man having to figure out he's on a Mobius strip, "What Dead Men Tell".Bobby Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-62001746942577672472015-11-05T20:16:47.059-06:002015-11-05T20:16:47.059-06:00I'd call it a story about mathematics - it'...I'd call it a story about mathematics - it's really science fiction about arithmetic! I once encountered a cashier who not only did not know how to do multiplication with pencil and paper, but didn't even believe that it was possible. Asimov was prescient.Robert Scherrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-69089140718035205112015-11-05T18:25:24.627-06:002015-11-05T18:25:24.627-06:00How would you classify Asimov's short story &q...How would you classify Asimov's short story "The feeling of Power"? The premise is people have forgotten how to do basic arithmetic, until a humble technician rediscovers it. <br /><br />The "new" science gets to be called "Graphitics" because it's written down on paper.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-55972460177363977892015-11-04T18:49:24.145-06:002015-11-04T18:49:24.145-06:00Actually, I would argue that the fundamental idea ...Actually, I would argue that the fundamental idea of the Foundation is that sociology/political science/economics could actually turn into real science. No danger of that happening any time soon....Robert Scherrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-34267396392269446502015-11-04T18:38:18.609-06:002015-11-04T18:38:18.609-06:00Actually, Imperial times were marked by the great ...Actually, Imperial times were marked by the great Roman encyclopediasts: Macrobius, Pliny, et al. who wrote down (in highly abbreviated form) the knowledge gathered (mostly) by the Greeks.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-86274018602391074882015-11-04T18:30:25.445-06:002015-11-04T18:30:25.445-06:00I hesitate to toot's Asimov's horn, but th...I hesitate to toot's Asimov's horn, but the whole Foundation saga is based on a speculative idea in mathematics (which never even comes close to being explained, of course).<br /><br />BTW, although he said he got the idea for the Foundation stories from reading Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," he also inserted elements of the French Revolution, right down the Encyclopaedia and a Committee for Public SafetyKathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-7108298265834779652015-11-04T15:58:17.030-06:002015-11-04T15:58:17.030-06:00Great story! The author was apparently an astrono...Great story! The author was apparently an astronomer of some note.Robert Scherrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-12644027273508348582015-11-04T14:56:43.067-06:002015-11-04T14:56:43.067-06:00There was also "A Subway Called Moebius"...There was also "A Subway Called Moebius" in which the connectivity of the Boston subway system was increased just a wee bit too much.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.com