Hyperspace, Poetic Science Fiction and Algebraic Topology
Proceedings of Bridges 2018: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 259–264
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Abstract
In this essay, I use the notion of hyperspace to link Stith Thompson’s folklore motif of ‘supernatural lapse of time in fairyland’ with important works of science fiction by Bradbury and Asimov, with the construction of hyperspace in algebraic topology, in Phillips’ acclaimed article, ‘Turning a Surface Inside Out,’ noting its literary flourish.