George Gamow
One Two Three... Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
New York: Viking Press, 1961
根据维京出版社1961年修订版译出

书中插图均由乔治·伽莫夫亲自绘制

三一学院有个年轻人
想求无穷大的平方根
答案的位数太多啦
小伙子心浮气躁坐不稳
既然数学搞不清
他便转头去信神

ONE TWO THREE
...
INFINITY

There was a young fellow from Trinity
Who took √∞
But the number of digits Gave him the fidgets;
He dropped Math and took up Divinity.

“时候到啦，”海象开口说，
“聊聊天下事”……

——刘易斯·卡罗尔，《爱丽丝镜中奇遇》