The mathematical magpie

Mentions per year

What Hacker News says

• JadeNB · Dec 13, 2011 · Recommends

  This story is in either "Fantasia Mathematica" or "The Mathematical Magpie", both edited by Clifton Fadiman. I don't have my copies here to check, but a look at the table of contents suggests that it might be "The Hermeneutical Doughnut", by H. Nearing Jr. (Even if it's not,…

  on “The Secret Number” ↗
• jonjacky · Jul 4, 2019 · Recommends

  …interest in/anxiety about science and math prompted by Sputnik, the space race, and nuclear war. So these are period pieces but you still might enjoy them -- I did: Fantasia Mathematica (1958) and The Mathematical Magpie (1962), two short story collections edited by Clifton Fadiman Mathenauts (1967), short story collection edited by Rudy Rucker The Space Child's Mother Goose (1958?), poetry Come to think of it, A Wrinkle…

  on “Ask HN: Books that blend math and fiction” ↗
• themadturk · Aug 13, 2021 · Recommends

  I first read this delightful story (and the Heinlien story) about 1968 (my 7th grade year) in a Clifton Fadiman anthology entitled “Fantasia Mathematica.” He also edited another anthology, “The Mathematical Magpie.” I’ve always been terrible at math, but loved stories about mathematics. This book, at least, was heavy on the topology stories.

  on “A Subway Named Mobius (1952)” ↗
• mjcohen · May 28, 2025 · Recommends

  Clifton Fadiman edited two collections of mathematical fiction "Fantasia Mathematica" and "The Mathematical Magpie". I have them and enjoyed both.

  on “Mathematical Fiction” ↗