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by George Gamow
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ISBN: 0486256642 Dover Publications Price: $10.95 |
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Over 120 delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by the author add another dimension of good-natured charm to these wide-ranging explorations. A mind-expanding volume for the layman and the science-minded.
Table of Contents for One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
| PART I. PLAYING WITH NUMBERS | |||||||
| I. Big Numbers | |||||||
| II. Natural and Artificial Numbers | |||||||
| "PART II. SPACE, TIME & EINSTEIN" | |||||||
| III. Unusual Properties of Space | |||||||
| IV. The World of Four Dimensions | |||||||
| V. Relativity of Space and Time | |||||||
| PART III. MICROCOSMOS | |||||||
| VI. Descending Staircase | |||||||
| VII. Modern Alchemy | |||||||
| VIII. The Law of Disorder | |||||||
| IX. The Riddle of Life | |||||||
| PART IV. MACROCOSMOS | |||||||
| X. Expanding Horizons | |||||||
| XI. The Days of Creation | |||||||
| Index |