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- catalog abstract "Nuclear physicist George Gamow takes the reader on an expedition through the problems, pleasures and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrutinized 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 in the fourth dimension and a host of other topics.".
- catalog alternative "1, 2, 3--- infinity".
- catalog contributor b2821531.
- catalog created "1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Nuclear physicist George Gamow takes the reader on an expedition through the problems, pleasures and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrutinized 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 in the fourth dimension and a host of other topics.".
- catalog description "Playing with numbers. Big numbers ; Natural and artificial numbers -- Space, time & Einstein. Unusual properties of space ; The world of four dimensions ; Relativity of space and time -- Microcosmos. Descending staircase ; Modern alchemy ; The law of disorder ; The riddle of life -- Macrocosmos. Expanding horizons ; The days of creation.".
- catalog extent "xii, 340 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0486256642 (pbk.) :".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Dover Publications,".
- catalog subject "500 19".
- catalog subject "Q162 .G23 1988".
- catalog subject "Science Popular works.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Playing with numbers. Big numbers ; Natural and artificial numbers -- Space, time & Einstein. Unusual properties of space ; The world of four dimensions ; Relativity of space and time -- Microcosmos. Descending staircase ; Modern alchemy ; The law of disorder ; The riddle of life -- Macrocosmos. Expanding horizons ; The days of creation.".
- catalog title "1, 2, 3--- infinity".
- catalog title "One, two, three-- infinity : facts and speculations of science / George Gamow, illustrated by the author.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".