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Three Body Problem, The by Catherine Shaw
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Blending mathematics, murder and mystery, this crime novel sees academic Vanessa Duncan put her mathematical skills to the test to solve a series of crimes.
Cambridge, 1888. Dr Geoffrey Akers, Fellow in Pure Mathematics at St John’s College, has been found dead, struck down by a violent blow to the head. What could provoke such a brutal act? Schoolmistress Vanessa Duncan, finding herself in amongst Cambridge's brightest scholarly minds, discovers that the motive may lie in mathematics itself.
Suggested Discussion Points:
- How realistic is Vanessa Duncan as amateur sleuth?
- Do you think the novel is an interesting way of looking at mathematics and how it can be applied to life or did you find it just a bit of fun?
- Discuss the correlation between solving math problems and mystery?
- Discuss the structure of the novel which is entirely made up of letters.
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