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White Light (Rudy Rucker novel)

White Light is a work of science fiction by Rudy Rucker published in 1980 by Ace Books. The Novel deals mainly with the concept of infinity and relies heavily on principles of Set theory.


Synopsis


The book is the story of a fictional character named Felix Rayman, a mathematics teacher at SUCAS (a state college in New York) who starts experimenting with lucid dreaming. On one of these out of body experiences Felix looses his physical body and is forced to travel into another dimension which is heavily influenced by the concept of infinity. In this new world Felix encounters famous scientists and mathematicians such as Albert Einstein, and Georg Cantor.


External Links

Book's Official Website



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