Mr Tompkins in Paperback

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, General Physics
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Author: George Gamow ISBN: 9781107386907
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: March 26, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: George Gamow
ISBN: 9781107386907
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 26, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and quantum theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers and reviews his adventures in light of recent developments in physics.

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Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and quantum theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers and reviews his adventures in light of recent developments in physics.

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