Re: Last mathematician?

[Phil Parker <PPARKER@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU>]

> Date:    Sat, 5 Dec 1998 20:56:23 -0600
> From:    kifer/belk <gsanda@TFS.NET>
>
> For several years now I have been trying to REfind a story about the
> last man on Earth who knew how to do arithmetic.  He was looking for a
> disciple and being hunted by the power structure as dangerous, etc.  I
> though it might be an Asimov story, but have been told many times this
> is not so.  Any help you could give would be appreciated
There is the Asimov story ("The Feeling of Power" mentioned by others)
about the last man able to do arithmetic with pencil and paper rather
than by machine only, but it is definitely not with the plot you
sketch.

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