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Canto Ser.: Mr. Tompkins in Paperback : Comprising 'Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland' and 'Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom' by George Gamow (1993, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521447712

ISBN-139780521447713

eBay Product ID (ePID)211010

Product Key Features

Number of Pages202 Pages

Publication NameMr. Tompkins in Paperback : Comprising 'Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland' and 'Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom'

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Physics / General

Publication Year1993

TypeTextbook

AuthorGeorge Gamow

Subject AreaScience

SeriesCanto Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN93-199164

Dewey Edition20

Reviews'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, '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, ‘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

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530.1

Table Of Content1. 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.

SynopsisMr 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberQC71 .G25 1993