Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious
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Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious by George Gamow
Complete edition of the Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross, translated by E. Allison Peers. This edition includes over 176 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand St. John's roadmap to deeper intimacy with God.
Read with an open heart, this book is helpful to refine and anchor the reader through various stages of life.
On a dark night, Kindled in love with yearnings--oh, happy chance --
I went forth without being observed, My house being now at rest.
No student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.
Modern Science Made Easy
By one of the leading physicists of the twentieth century, George Gamow's One, Two, Three...Infinity is one of the most memorable popular books on physics, mathematics, and science generally ever written, famous for having, directly or indirectly, launched the academic and/or scientific careers of many young people whose first real encounter with the wonders and mysteries of mathematics and science was through reading this book as a teenager. Untypically for popular science books, this one is enhanced by the author's own delightful sketches. Reviewers were enthusiastic when One, Two, Three...Infinity was published in 1947.
In the Author's Own Words:
If and when all the laws governing physical phenomena are finally discovered, and all the empirical constants occurring in these laws are finally expressed through the four independent basic constants, we will be able to say that physical science has reached its end, that no excitement is left in further explorations, and that all that remains to a physicist is either tedious work on minor details or the self-educational study and adoration of the magnificence of the completed system. At that stage physical science will enter from the epoch of Columbus and Magellan into the epoch of the National Geographic Magazine! -- George Gamow
Critical Acclaim for One, Two, Three...Infinity:
This skillful presentation is for the non-professional and professional scientist. It will broaden the knowledge of each and give the imagination wide play. -- Chemistry and Engineering News
A stimulating and provocative book for the science-minded layman. -- Kirkus Reviews
This is a layman's book as readable as a historical novel, but every chapter bears the solid imprint of authoritative research. -- San Francisco Chronice
George Gamow succeeds where others fail because of his remarkable ability to combine technical accuracy, choice of material, dignity of expression, and readability. -- Saturday Review of Literature
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| ISBN 13 | 9780131872912 |
| ISBN 10 | 0131872915 |
| Title | Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious |
| Author | George Gamow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Pi Press |
| Year published | 2005-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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