Book Review: One Two Three… Infinity by George Gamow

This book gives a concise and lucid overview of the various branches of science and their evolution. The book is organized into four parts:

1. Part I Introduces mathematics and it’s evolution, while highlighting various interesting fields like game theory, topology, etc.

2. Part II: Explains space, time, and general relativity. This section also has a beautiful explanation about Entropy and Time Inversion, which was super-useful to me when I watched Christopher Nolan’s Tenet (I love that movie so much may write a separate review of that later).

3. Part III: This section titled, “Microcosmos” explains the fundamentals of biology and chemistry, and tries to answer questions regarding the Origin of Life.

4. Part IV: The last section titled, “Macrocosmos” gives an overview of the universe and its evolution on a grand scale.

I read this book when a favorite professor at IIST lent it to me, and I will definitely recommend this book to science enthusiasts, whether they are in high-school or university.

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