Dante's Equation

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Dante's Equation
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Author	Jane Jensen
Cover artist	John Picacio
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Speculative Fiction novel
Publisher	Del Rey
Publication date	July 29, 2003
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	496 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0345430379

Dante's Equation is the title of a novel authored by Jane Jensen and published in 2003. It was nominated for, and received special citation of the Philip K. Dick Award.^[1]

1 Plot summary
2 Characters in "Dante's Equation"
3 See also
4 Footnotes
5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

The novel gives the story of a young scientist discovering a law of nature that controls good and evil. As it turns out, this insight was already previously discovered by a Jewish physicist, Yosef Kobinski, in Auschwitz during the Holocaust and the young scientist's discovery coincides with the resurfacing of manuscripts written by the Jewish physicist. The discovery and the manuscripts attract an interest from several sources. A kabbalistic scholar becomes interested in Kobinski as well, as his name shows up in an analysis of Torah codes. A journalist is trying to track down Kobiniski too as part of the research for an article on disappearances. The military become aware of the phenomenon as well and try to track down the young scientist and her partner in order to evaluate the military applications of the discovery.

[edit] Characters in "Dante's Equation"

Denton Wyle-A reporter for the Mysterious World magazine. Obsessed with disappearances because of an experience when he was ten years old.
Aharon Handalman-A rabbi and Torah scholar in Jerusalem. Discovers Yosef Kobinski's name and ominous phrases in the Torah codes. Married to Hannah.
Calder Farris-A Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He investigates weapons technology from non-mainstream science sources for the Department of Defense.
Dr. Jill Talcott-Physicist at the University of Washington studying wave theory. Discovers the One-Minus-One Wave with assistant and graduate student Nate Andros.
Nate Andros-Graduate student and assistant to Dr. Talcott. Has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy.
Hannah Handalman-Wife of Aharon. Aids Aharon in his search for information about Kobinski against his wishes.
Yosef Kobinski-Rabbi and Kabbalist. Imprisoned in Auschwitz during World War II, but disappears during an escape attempt. Becomes semi-divine king of the Fiori.
One-Minus-One Wave-The equation for good and evil. Actually, a wave that, when it overlaps with the gravity waves of matter and probability waves, works to alleviate negative happenings (troughs) and blunt positive happenings (peaks).