Mr Tompkins in Paperback: Comprising 'mr Tompkins in Wonderland' And 'mr Tompkins Explores the Atom' - Hardcover

Gamow, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052106905X ISBN 13: 9780521069052

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1967

Synopsis

Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since his first appearance over fifty years ago) 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 new foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in the light of current developments in physics today.

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Book Description

Known and loved by thousands since its introduction over fifty years ago, this classic work provides a clear explanation of the central concepts in modern physics--from atomic structure to relativity and quantum theory to fusion and fission--through the fantastic adventures of its bank clerk hero.

Review

'Not only entertaining; the ordinary reader can learn from it a great deal about sub-atomic particles, electrons, neutrons and the rest, and the strange rules which govern their behaviour.' The Observer

'Will vastly fascinate the whimsical, and is also entirely scientific.' Scientific American

'Enthusiastically recommended to both scientific and general readers.' The Guardian

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052106905X
• ISBN 13: 9780521069052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198