{"product_id":"mr-tompkins-in-paperback-paperback-9781107604681","title":"Mr Tompkins in Paperback (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107604681","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMr Tompkins in Paperback\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in physics, from atomic structure to relativity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Gamow (Author), Roger Penrose (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107604681, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.8 x 1.1 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Will vastly fascinate the whimsical, and is also entirely scientific.' Scientific American\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Roger Penrose\u003cbr\u003e 1. City speed limit\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Professor's lecture on relativity which caused Mr Tompkins's dream\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mr Tompkins takes a holiday\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Professor's lecture on curved space, gravity and the universe\u003cbr\u003e 5. The pulsating universe\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cosmic opera\u003cbr\u003e 7. Quantum billiards\u003cbr\u003e 8. Quantum jungles\u003cbr\u003e 9. Maxwell's demon\u003cbr\u003e 10. The gay tribe of electrons\u003cbr\u003e 10 1\/2. A part of the previous lecture which Mr Tompkins slept through\u003cbr\u003e 12. Inside the nucleus\u003cbr\u003e 13. The wood carver\u003cbr\u003e 14. Holes in nothing\u003cbr\u003e 15. Mr Tompkins tastes a Japanese meal.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000276472088,"sku":"9781107604681","price":14.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107604681i.jpg?v=1696766577","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mr-tompkins-in-paperback-paperback-9781107604681","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}