One, Two, Three...Infinity
Facts and Speculations of Science
Recommended by Marcus du Sautoy, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #7 in Infinity, Ranked #48 in General Relativity — see more rankings.
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... more
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Marcus du Sautoy Yes, one of the things that really excited me when I read this – again when I was at school – was this idea of infinity. Gamow was a physicist first of all: Mathematics is the language of physics and you can see that through this book. It was where I read for the first time the idea that there could be different sorts of infinity and that was just mind-blowing. I thought infinity was something you just couldn’t understand. (Source)
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