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One, Two, Three...Infinity

Facts and Speculations of Science

1962·340 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

This book is an introduction to the relationship between mathematics and the physical world. It explains elements of quantum theory, relativity, and purer mathematics, in a way apprenendible by young or uninitiated readers. (It was a delightful eye-opener to many 8th graders, doomed to later become engineers and physists!)

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One, Two, Three...Infinity

Facts and Speculations of Science

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1962

Pages

340

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Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction Science & Mind

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This book is an introduction to the relationship between mathematics and the physical world. It explains elements of quantum theory, relativity, and purer mathematics, in a way apprenendible by young or uninitiated readers. (It was a delightful eye-opener to many 8th graders, doomed to later become engineers and physists!)

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