Mr. Tompkins in paperback / by George Gamow ; illustrated by the author and John Hookham.

Gamow, George, 1904-1968

Call Number	539
Author	Gamow, George, 1904-1968, author, illustrator.
Title	Mr. Tompkins in paperback / by George Gamow ; illustrated by the author and John Hookham.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xvi, 185 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Canto
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	City speed limit -- The Professor's lecture on relativity which caused Mr. Tompkins's dream -- Mr. Tompkins takes a holiday -- The Professor's lecture on curved space, gravity and the universe -- The pulsating universe -- Cosmic opera -- Quantum billiards -- Quantum jungles -- Maxwell's demon -- The gay tribe of electrons -- A part of the previous lecture which Mr Tompkins slept through -- Inside the nucleus -- The wood carver -- Holes in nothing -- Mr Tompkins tastes a Japanese meal.
Summary	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.
Added Author	Hookham, John, illustrator.
Subject	PHYSICS.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644143

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Summary	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.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	City speed limit -- The Professor's lecture on relativity which caused Mr. Tompkins's dream -- Mr. Tompkins takes a holiday -- The Professor's lecture on curved space, gravity and the universe -- The pulsating universe -- Cosmic opera -- Quantum billiards -- Quantum jungles -- Maxwell's demon -- The gay tribe of electrons -- A part of the previous lecture which Mr Tompkins slept through -- Inside the nucleus -- The wood carver -- Holes in nothing -- Mr Tompkins tastes a Japanese meal.
Subject	PHYSICS.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644143