The space child's Mother Goose

Name: The space child's Mother Goose
ISBN: 1930900465

by Frederick Winsor · first published 1958

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jonjacky · Mar 26, 2015 · Recommends

Fantasia Mathematica, The Mathematical Magpie, and The Space Child's Mother Goose are collections of short fiction, satire, and miscellania assembled in the same era as A Wrinkle In Time. I enjoyed them when I was about that age. Wikipedia lists the contents of the first two. I…
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jonjacky · Jul 4, 2019 · Recommends

…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 In Time by Madeline L'Engle (1962) fits right in with this group. The math and cold war anxiety themes are stronger in the book than in the recent movie.
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CurtMonash · May 29, 2025 · Recommends

…of the problems with "mathematical counterfactuals". Why not go with mathematical poetry instead? There are nice sections of same in the Clifton Fadiman anthologies. The first of these is also from The Space Child's Mother Goose. (All from memory, so please pardon any errors.) --------------- Three jolly sailors from Blandon-on-Tyne Went to sea in a bottle by Klein They found the view exceedingly dull For the sea was entirely…
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