Mathematicians in Love - Couverture souple

Rucker, Rudy V. B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765320398 ISBN 13 : 9780765320391

Editeur : Tor Books, 2008

Synopsis

Reality is never more unpredictable than when two mathematicians are in love with the same girl, and can change the world to get her. Bela and Paul, two wild young mathematicians, are friends and roommates, and both are in love with Alma, Bela's girlfriend. They fight it out by changing reality using cutting-edge math. The contemporary world they live in is not quite this one, but much like Berkeley, California, and the two graduate students are trying to finish their degrees and get jobs. It doesn't help that their unpredictable advisor Roland is a mad mathematical genius who has figured out a way to predict specific bits of the future that can cause a lot of trouble...and that he's starting to see monsters in mirrors. When Bela and Paul mess around with reality, all heaven and hell break loose. Those monsters of Roland's were really there, but who are they? This novel is a romantic comedy with a whole corkscrew of SF twists from the writer who twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best SF novel.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Rudy Rucker is a writer, a mathematician, and a former computer science prof. He received Philip K. Dick awards for his cyberpunk novels Software and Wetware, and an Emperor Norton award for his autobiography Nested Scrolls. Recent titles include a novel, The Big Aha, and an omnibus, Transreal Trilogy.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A wild, funny tale. Two young mathematicians compete for the love of two women across space, time and logic—spinning out Dr. Seuss-like mathematical mumbo jumbo along the way. Our hero Bela befriends a giant jellyfish god, wins his true love, and alters reality in a new way.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tor Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765320398
• ISBN 13: 9780765320391
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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