From One to Infinity

by George Gamow

本书是乔治·伽莫夫的科普代表作品,以通俗易懂的方式介绍了20世纪以来自然科学领域取得的重大进展。由漫谈基础数学知识入手,阐明了时间、空间的相对性,讲述了爱因斯坦的相对论及四维世界结构,最后全面讨论了人类在微观世界和宏观世界等方面的成就。本书语言幽默生动,论述深入浅出,已成为广大读者喜好阅读的自然科普读物之一。

330 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2022

About the author

George Gamow (Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡaməf:]; March 4 [O.S. February 20:] 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist born in the Russian Empire. He discovered alpha decay via quantum tunneling and worked on radioactive decay of the atomic nucleus, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background, nucleocosmogenesis and genetics.