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Mr Tompkins in Paperback

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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 new foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in the light of current developments in physics today.

Language: English

Pages: 202

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: March 26, 1993

ISBN: 0521447712

ISBN 13: 9780521447713

Mr Tompkins in Paperback

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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 new foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in the light of current developments in physics today.

Language: English

Pages: 202

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: March 26, 1993

ISBN: 0521447712

ISBN 13: 9780521447713

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