Mr Tompkins in Paperback

by George Gamow, Roger Penrose (Foreword by)

Overview

Known and loved by thousands since its introduction over fifty years ago, this classic work provides a clear explanation of the central concepts in modern physics--from atomic structure to relativity and quantum theory to fusion and fission--through the fantastic adventures of its bank clerk hero.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781139635851
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/26/1993
Series:	Canto
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	1,002,576
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

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

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

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