"From One to Infinity", as George Gamow's representative popular science work, still has an important influence in today's world. As one of the classics of natural science popularization, it has directly influenced many scientific research and science popularization workers and is a timeless introductory book on natural science.
In this book, Gamow introduces in an easy-to-understand manner the major developments in the field of natural sciences around the world since the 20th century. The book is divided into four parts. It starts with a casual discussion of basic mathematical knowledge, uses rich and interesting metaphors to clarify the relativity of time and space, tells Einstein's theory of relativity and the structure of the four-dimensional world, and finally comprehensively discusses human achievements in the microscopic world and the macroscopic world.
Gamow's writing is both educational and entertaining. The language of this book is humorous and vivid, and the discussion is profound and simple. The illustrations in the book are also drawn by the author himself. It is a popular introductory book on natural science that is very suitable for a wide range of readers, especially students and science enthusiasts.
Reader comments
This is a very classic popular science book. It is recommended that middle school, high school and even college students can read this book. I believe there will be different gains at each stage. The content of this book covers the latest scientific research results of the 1960s, such as infinite series, topology, entropy, relativity, four-dimensional space, statistical fluctuations, genes and DNA. The author uses stories, illustrations, analogies and other methods to explain complex and abstract scientific theories and phenomena in an easy-to-understand manner, opening up an interesting and surprising world for readers and providing a new world view and epistemology.
How to understand endless science, start with this book. "There is a limerick written by an unknown writer that describes the relativistic contraction effect of this high-speed moving object: Mr. Fick is an expert in swordsmanship, and his thrusts are as fast as meteors. Due to the shrinkage of space, the long sword turns into a small iron nail. Of course, this Mr. Fick's sword must be at the speed of lightning! From the perspective of four-dimensional geometry, this universal contraction of all moving objects is easily explained: This is because the rotation of the space-time coordinate system changes the projection of the object's four-dimensional length on the space coordinates."
It's a very interesting book. I just read it now, and I feel like I've seen it too late. This is a popular science book that has spanned more than half a century and still has considerable popular science value today. The book covers a very wide range of content, which can be said to cover most of the basic contents of basic science subjects, from infinite series of mathematics to geometric space, from biochemistry to physical chemistry, and from geology to astronomy. After reading this book, I deeply realized the insignificance of human beings on the earth, just like the insignificance of the earth in the universe.
If you are interested in both mathematics and philosophy, this book will give you a new perspective and way of thinking. This is an exploration of mathematics and philosophy. The author guides readers into the wonderful world of mathematics in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and explores the connection between mathematics and philosophy. This book not only tells the basic principles and development of mathematics, but also explores the philosophical thinking and meaning behind mathematics. The author allows readers to appreciate the beauty of mathematics and the depth of thinking through fascinating examples and stories.
It's a very interesting popular science book. It contains so much knowledge, covering modern subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. Although I don't understand some of the content, I admire the author's rich knowledge and vision! This book is very detailed. Although it was written in 1946, it lets us know the cutting-edge research of modern science and leads readers to understand the development of science, from one to infinity. The translation is also more suitable for Chinese people and is not obscure, which is a bonus for this work!
The mystery of the universe has always been the subject of research by scientific researchers. Some magical pictures always bring people different conjectures. I think this is the charm of the universe. The author uses metaphorical rhetoric techniques and applies boring mathematical knowledge to explain Einstein's theory of relativity and the four-dimensional space-time structure. He further discusses the achievements of human beings in understanding the microscopic and macroscopic worlds, allowing us to realize the achievements of human beings in this regard. The value of this book is self-evident. Through it, we can understand the mysterious natural events that we do not understand, such as elementary particles, genes, solar systems, galaxies, etc., Which are mysteries of the world that we have not overcome.
This book is great! I especially like the way the author explains complex scientific knowledge in an easy-to-understand way, so that even a layman like me can easily understand it. Just like the book says, "We're going to talk about atoms, stars and nebulae." These topics usually feel far away from us, but the author talks about them very interestingly. When I read it with my children, they were also very interested and this book sparked their curiosity about science. Really recommended!
Okay, a popular science book classic.
The explanation of the four-dimensional space is very unique: citing examples of research results of various scientists
This is a very classic popular science book. It is recommended that middle school, high school and even college students can read this book. I believe there will be different gains at each stage. The content of this book covers the latest scientific research results of the 1960s, such as infinite series, topology, entropy, relativity, four-dimensional space, statistical fluctuations, genes and DNA. The author uses stories, illustrations, analogies and other methods to explain complex and abstract scientific theories and phenomena in an easy-to-understand manner, opening up an interesting and surprising world for readers and providing a new world view and epistemology.
How to understand endless science, start with this book. "There is a limerick written by an unknown writer that describes the relativistic contraction effect of this high-speed moving object: Mr. Fick is an expert in swordsmanship, and his thrusts are as fast as meteors. Due to the shrinkage of space, the long sword turns into a small iron nail. Of course, this Mr. Fick's sword must be at the speed of lightning! From the perspective of four-dimensional geometry, this universal contraction of all moving objects is easily explained: This is because the rotation of the space-time coordinate system changes the projection of the object's four-dimensional length on the space coordinates."
It's a very interesting book. I just read it now, and I feel like I've seen it too late. This is a popular science book that has spanned more than half a century and still has considerable popular science value today. The book covers a very wide range of content, which can be said to cover most of the basic contents of basic science subjects, from infinite series of mathematics to geometric space, from biochemistry to physical chemistry, and from geology to astronomy. After reading this book, I deeply realized the insignificance of human beings on the earth, just like the insignificance of the earth in the universe.
If you are interested in both mathematics and philosophy, this book will give you a new perspective and way of thinking. This is an exploration of mathematics and philosophy. The author guides readers into the wonderful world of mathematics in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and explores the connection between mathematics and philosophy. This book not only tells the basic principles and development of mathematics, but also explores the philosophical thinking and meaning behind mathematics. The author allows readers to appreciate the beauty of mathematics and the depth of thinking through fascinating examples and stories.
It's a very interesting popular science book. It contains so much knowledge, covering modern subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. Although I don't understand some of the content, I admire the author's rich knowledge and vision! This book is very detailed. Although it was written in 1946, it lets us know the cutting-edge research of modern science and leads readers to understand the development of science, from one to infinity. The translation is also more suitable for Chinese people and is not obscure, which is a bonus for this work!
The mystery of the universe has always been the subject of research by scientific researchers. Some magical pictures always bring people different conjectures. I think this is the charm of the universe. The author uses metaphorical rhetoric techniques and applies boring mathematical knowledge to explain Einstein's theory of relativity and the four-dimensional space-time structure. He further discusses the achievements of human beings in understanding the microscopic and macroscopic worlds, allowing us to realize the achievements of human beings in this regard. The value of this book is self-evident. Through it, we can understand the mysterious natural events that we do not understand, such as elementary particles, genes, solar systems, galaxies, etc., Which are mysteries of the world that we have not overcome.
This book is great! I especially like the way the author explains complex scientific knowledge in an easy-to-understand way, so that even a layman like me can easily understand it. Just like the book says, "We're going to talk about atoms, stars and nebulae." These topics usually feel far away from us, but the author talks about them very interestingly. When I read it with my children, they were also very interested and this book sparked their curiosity about science. Really recommended!
Okay, a popular science book classic.
The explanation of the four-dimensional space is very unique: citing examples of research results of various scientists