Название: One Two Three… Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
Автор: George Gamow
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2012
ISBN: 9780486135175
Серия: Dover Books on Mathematics
Формат: epub
Страниц: 384
Размер: 20,9 mb
Язык: English

One of the world's foremost nuclear physicists (celebrated for his theory of radioactive decay, among other accomplishments), 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.

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.