Mr Tompkins in Paperback (Canto Classics) - Softcover

Gamow, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107604680 ISBN 13: 9781107604681

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

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

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

Book Description:

Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams lead him into a world inside the atom. This classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in physics, from atomic structure to relativity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107604680
• ISBN 13: 9781107604681
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210