The Man Who Dammed the Yangtze: A Mathematical Novel

Year of Publication
2011
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
179 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Alex Kuo
Publisher
Haven Books
City
Hong Kong, China
Genre
Keywords
Abstract
“Two finite-number mathematicians—a Chinese woman and a Chinese American man—become disillusioned with teaching,” says the dust jacket. “She goes to work in China’s Three Gorges Dam, he for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh.”
Author Biography
Alex Kuo (1941- ) was born in Boston. He earned his MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and taught at Washington State University as well as universities in China.
Time
1960-1980s
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