One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
by:
George Gamow (author)
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. "This is a layman's book as readable as a historical novel, but every chapter bears the solid...
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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. "This is a layman's book as readable as a historical novel, but every chapter bears the solid imprint of authoritative research." — San Francisco Chronicle.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486256641 (0486256642)
ASIN: 486256642
Publish date: in the year 1988 was published
Publisher: Dove..."/>
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Having just read this fine book, closely preceded by the equally excellent Frontiers of Astronomy, I'm beginning to feel that the 40s and 50s were not just the Golden Age of science-fiction; they may also have been the Golden Age of popular science writing, a genre which certainly is not unconnected...