Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) American science fiction writer and editor
The Merchants of Venus (p. 22)
Platinum Pohl (2005)
“Tris was pudgy and not especially good looking, but she had the personality of a beautiful girl because she'd been raised in a math.”
— Neal Stephenson, book Anathem
Part 10, "Messal." (A "math" is a co-ed academic/research monastery. Most of the novel takes place in maths.)
Anathem (2008)
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