Mr Tompkins in Paperback
1st Edition
Published on 26. March 2012
978-1-107-29978-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'Enthusiastically recommended to both scientific and general readers.' The Guardian 'Will vastly fascinate the whimsical, and is also entirely scientific.' Scientific AmericanMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
File size
9,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-107-29978-8 (9781107299788)
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Additional editions
George Gamow
Mr Tompkins in Paperback
Book
03/2012
Cambridge University Press
€23.60
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Content
Foreword Roger Penrose; 1. City speed limit; 2. The Professor's lecture on relativity which caused Mr Tompkins's dream; 3. Mr Tompkins takes a holiday; 4. The Professor's lecture on curved space, gravity and the universe; 5. The pulsating universe; 6. Cosmic opera; 7. Quantum billiards; 8. Quantum jungles; 9. Maxwell's demon; 10. The gay tribe of electrons; 10 1/2. A part of the previous lecture which Mr Tompkins slept through; 12. Inside the nucleus; 13. The wood carver; 14. Holes in nothing; 15. Mr Tompkins tastes a Japanese meal.
