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- Explores the boundaries of science and fiction in a refreshingly unconventional fashion
- Includes stories of various fictional genres that incorporate topics from mathematics, physics and computer science
- Contains comments and annotations by the author
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Science and Fiction (SCIFICT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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First Story
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Front Matter
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Second Story
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Front Matter
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Third Story
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Front Matter
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Fourth Story
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Front Matter
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The Science Behind the Fiction
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Front Matter
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About this book
This collection of stories touches upon many genres: Normed Trek is a clever and witty Alice-in-Wonderland-type narrative set in the realm of mathematical analysis, The Cantor Trilogy is a dystopia about the consequences of relying upon computer-based mathematical proofs, In Search of Future Time bears the flavor of Tales from Arabian Nights set in the future, and – last but not least - Murder on the Einstein Express is a short, non-technical primer on probabilities and modern classical physics, disguised as a detective story.
Written primarily for an audience with some background or a strong interest in mathematics, physics and computer science (in particular artificial intelligence), these stories explore the boundaries between science and fiction in a refreshingly unconventional fashion. In the Afterthoughts the author provides some further insights and annotations.
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Authors and Affiliations
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International Burch University Sarajevo, EEE Department, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Harun Šiljak
About the author
and Electronics, University of Sarajevo and his PhD in Signal Processing at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, International Burch University, Sarajevo, where he is currently an assistant professor.
He has been working in basic sciences (mathematics and physics) since elementary school, qualifying twice for the International Mathematical Olympiad and once for the International Physics Olympiad. Some of his science fiction and popular science stories have been published in the Mathematical Intelligencer and in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Murder on the Einstein Express and Other Stories
Authors: Harun Šiljak
Series Title: Science and Fiction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29066-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29065-2Published: 22 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29066-9Published: 14 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2197-1188
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1196
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 79
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Mathematics, Popular Science in Physics, Popular Computer Science, Philosophy of Science