One Two Three Infinity : Facts & Speculations of Science (Record no. 293886)
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| fixed length control field | 01322nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780486450841 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500 GAM-O |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | George Gamow |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | One Two Three Infinity : Facts & Speculations of Science |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1988 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 340p. : ill ; 22 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science -- Popular works. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
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| Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 7 | 500 GAM-O | DCB486 | 25/05/2023 | 20/04/2023 | 19/07/2019 | Book |