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Over120delightfulpen-and-inkillustrationsbytheauthoraddanotherdimensionofgood-naturedcharmtothesewide-rangingexplorations.Amind-expandingvolumeforthelaymanandthescience-minded.
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ModernScienceMadeEasyByoneoftheleadingphysicistsofthetwentiethcentury,GeorgeGamow'sOne,Two,Three…Infinityisoneofthemostmemorablepopularbooksonphysics,mathematics,andsciencegenerallyeverwritten,famousforhaving,directlyorindirectly,launchedtheacademicand/orscientificcareersofmanyyoungpeoplewhosefirstrealencounterwiththewondersandmysteriesofmathematicsandsciencewasthroughreadingthisbookasateenager.Untypicallyforpopularsciencebooks,thisoneisenhancedbytheauthor'sowndelightfulsketches.ReviewerswereenthusiasticwhenOne,Two,Three…Infinitywaspublishedin1947.IntheAuthor'sOwnWords:
"Ifandwhenallthelawsgoverningphysicalphenomenaarefinallydiscovered,andalltheempiricalconstantsoccurringintheselawsarefinallyexpressedthroughthefourindependentbasicconstants,wewillbeabletosaythatphysicalsciencehasreacheditsend,thatnoexcitementisleftinfurtherexplorations,andthatallthatremainstoaphysicistiseithertediousworkonminordetailsortheself-educationalstudyandadorationofthemagnificenceofthecompletedsystem.AtthatstagephysicalsciencewillenterfromtheepochofColumbusandMagellanintotheepochoftheNationalGeographicMagazine!"—GeorgeGamowCriticalAcclaimforOne,Two,Three…Infinity:
"Thisskillfulpresentationisforthenon-professionalandprofessionalscientist.Itwillbroadentheknowledgeofeachandgivetheimaginationwideplay."—ChemistryandEngineeringNews"Astimulatingandprovocativebookforthescience-mindedlayman."—KirkusReviews"Thisisalayman'sbookasreadableasahistoricalnovel,buteverychapterbearsthesolidimprintofauthoritativeresearch."—SanFranciscoChronice"GeorgeGamowsucceedswhereothersfailbecauseofhisremarkableabilitytocombinetechnicalaccuracy,choiceofmaterial,dignityofexpression,andreadability."—SaturdayReviewofLiterature,,
