Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science

4.2/5 ( ratings)

". . . full of intellectual treats and tricks, of whimsy and deep scientific philosophy. It is highbrow entertainment at its best, a teasing challenge to all who aspire to think about the universe." — New York Herald Tribune
One of the world's foremost nuclear physicists , George Gamow possessed the unique ability of making the world of science accessible to the general reader.
He brings that ability to bear in this delightful expedition through the problems, pleasures, and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrutinized with the author's celebrated good humor and pedagogical prowess are the macrocosm and the microcosm, theory of numbers, relativity of space and time, entropy, genes, atomic structure, nuclear fission, and the origin of the solar system.
In the pages of this book readers grapple with such crucial matters as whether it is possible to bend space, why a rocket shrinks, the "end of the world problem," excursions into the fourth dimension, and a host of other tantalizing topics for the scientifically curious. Brimming with amusing anecdotes and provocative problems, One Two Three . . . Infinity also includes over 120 delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by the author, adding another dimension of good-natured charm to these wide-ranging explorations.
Whatever your level of scientific expertise, chances are you'll derive a great deal of pleasure, stimulation, and information from this unusual and imaginative book. It belongs in the library of anyone curious about the wonders of the scientific universe. "In One Two Three . . . Infinity, as in his other books, George Gamow succeeds where others fail because of his remarkable ability to combine technical accuracy, choice of material, dignity of expression, and readability." — Saturday Review of Literature

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dover Publications

Release: September 01, 1988

ISBN: 0486256642

ISBN 13: 9780486256641

One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science

4.2/5 ( ratings)

". . . full of intellectual treats and tricks, of whimsy and deep scientific philosophy. It is highbrow entertainment at its best, a teasing challenge to all who aspire to think about the universe." — New York Herald Tribune
One of the world's foremost nuclear physicists , George Gamow possessed the unique ability of making the world of science accessible to the general reader.
He brings that ability to bear in this delightful expedition through the problems, pleasures, and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrutinized with the author's celebrated good humor and pedagogical prowess are the macrocosm and the microcosm, theory of numbers, relativity of space and time, entropy, genes, atomic structure, nuclear fission, and the origin of the solar system.
In the pages of this book readers grapple with such crucial matters as whether it is possible to bend space, why a rocket shrinks, the "end of the world problem," excursions into the fourth dimension, and a host of other tantalizing topics for the scientifically curious. Brimming with amusing anecdotes and provocative problems, One Two Three . . . Infinity also includes over 120 delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by the author, adding another dimension of good-natured charm to these wide-ranging explorations.
Whatever your level of scientific expertise, chances are you'll derive a great deal of pleasure, stimulation, and information from this unusual and imaginative book. It belongs in the library of anyone curious about the wonders of the scientific universe. "In One Two Three . . . Infinity, as in his other books, George Gamow succeeds where others fail because of his remarkable ability to combine technical accuracy, choice of material, dignity of expression, and readability." — Saturday Review of Literature

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dover Publications

Release: September 01, 1988

ISBN: 0486256642

ISBN 13: 9780486256641

More books from George Gamow

Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Mr Tompkins in Paperback

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The New World of Mr Tompkins

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Mr Tompkins in Wonderland

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein

The Creation of the Universe

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Expert Dreamers

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Mr Tompkins Gets Serious

4.1/5 ( ratings)

قصة الفيزياء

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Birth Death of the Sun: Stellar Evolution and Subatomic Energy

4.1/5 ( ratings)

La mia linea di universo. Un'autobiografia informale

Mr Tompkins inside Himself

トムキンスの冒険 (G・ガモフコレクション)

Mr Tompkins Explores The Atom

Matéria e energia

Pan Tompkins v říši divů

Moje světočára: neformální autobiografie

Gravity Seekers: Gravity Theories

La investigación del atomo

Rate this book!

Write a review?