Gene asked << I wrote: << I would *not* recommend "1,2,3,...Infinity" by George Gamow, as it contains crucial errors in its discussion of infinities. And Dover has refused to fix any of these, despite my reporting them over 10 years ago.
What are all the errors? It's been a long time since I read the book, and the only one that I remember is the misuse of the aleph notation. The book is now historical, and I would not expect the publisher to make any alterations. Another suggestion for the interview is to be prepared with an inventory of short arguments that quickly lead to their conclusion. This is an interview, not a lecture, and your presentation will be constantly deflected by the interviewer's questions.
Errors with aleph notation are what I'm referring to (big errors): He get aleph_0 right, but states that aleph_1 = c (the Continuum Hypothesis, which has been shown undecidable in ZF+AC by (the combined work of) Goedel & Cohen. If I recall, he then says aleph_2 = the number of curves, aleph_3 = the number of surfaces, etc. -- but all of these are also = c. What' worse is that these errors, never corrected in any later edition, have been propagated by later authors who took them as gospel (e.g., Michael Guillen in "Bridges to Infinity"). --Dan