Adding a Dimension


Adding a Dimension is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the third of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1964.

Contents

  • Part I: Mathematics
  • *T-Formation
  • *One, Ten, Buckle My Shoe
  • *Varieties of the Infinite
  • *A Piece of Pi
  • *Tools of the Trade
  • *The Imaginary that Isn't
  • *Pre-Fixing It Up
  • Part II: Physics
  • *The Rigid Vacuum
  • *The Light that Failed
  • *The Light Fantastic
  • Part III: Chemistry
  • *Slow Burn
  • *You, Too, Can Speak Gaelic
  • Part IV: Biology
  • *The Lost Generation
  • *He's Not My Type
  • Part V: Astronomy
  • *The Shape of Things
  • *Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  • Part VI: General
  • *The Isaac Winners