MathFiction: N Day (Philip Latham)

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N Day (1943)

Philip Latham
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Contributed by "William E. Emba"

An astronomer's observations of the sun lead him to predict the sun will go nova in just a few days. The formula that he used for his prediction is included explicitly. "Philip Latham" is the pseudonym of Robert Shirley Richardson.

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Genre	Science Fiction,
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Topic	Mathematical Physics,
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