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Title: MR TOMPKINS IN PAPERBACK
By: George Gamow, Roger Penrose (Foreword)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1107604680
ISBN 13: 9781107604681
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 26 March, 2012
Series: Canto Classics
Pages: 198
Description: This classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in physics, from atomic structure to relativity.
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.
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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