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White Light is a work of science fiction by Rudy Rucker published in 1980 by Virgin Books in the UK and Ace books in the US. It was written while Rucker was teaching mathematics at the University of Heidelberg from 1978 to 1980, at roughly the same Read More..

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Description	White Light is a work of science fiction by Rudy Rucker published in 1980 by Virgin Books in the UK and Ace books in the US. It was written while Rucker was teaching mathematics at the University of Heidelberg from 1978 to 1980, at roughly the same time he was working on the non-fiction book Infinity and the Mind.On one level, the book is an exploration of the mathematics of infinity through fiction, in much the same way the novel Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions explored the concept of multiple dimensions. More specifically, White Light uses an imaginary universe to elucidate the set theory concept of aleph numbers, which are more or less the idea that some infinities are bigger than others.
Description	White Light is a work of science fiction by Rudy Rucker published in 1980 by Virgin Books in the UK and Ace books in the US. It was written while Rucker was teaching mathematics at the University of Heidelberg from 1978 to 1980, at roughly the same time he was working on the non-fiction book Infinity and the Mind.On one level, the book is an exploration of the mathematics of infinity through fiction, in much the same way the novel Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions explored the concept of multiple dimensions. More specifically, White Light uses an imaginary universe to elucidate the set theory concept of aleph numbers, which are more or less the idea that some infinities are bigger than others.

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Name	White Light
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Authors	Rudy Rucker
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Genre	Science fiction novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	128
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Media_type	Print
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Isbn	0-907080-01-4
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Oclc	36954503
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Publisher	Virgin Books UK)Ace Books (US)
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Pub_date	Sep 1980 (Virgin)Nov 1980 (Ace)"Virgin got the book into print a bit faster, as White Light was very nearly its first book. The Virgin edition came out, I think, in the summer of 1980, and the Ace version came out in the fall." --Rudy Rucker, pg 268-269 of the 1997 edition, from the Afterword. isfdb
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Release_date	Sep 1980 (Virgin)Nov 1980 (Ace)"Virgin got the book into print a bit faster, as White Light was very nearly its first book. The Virgin edition came out, I think, in the summer of 1980, and the Ace version came out in the fall." --Rudy Rucker, pg 268-269 of the 1997 edition, from the Afterword. isfdb
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