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George Gamow's
classic Mr Tompkins in Paperback fully revised and updated by Russell
Stannard
Mr Tompkins is back!
The mild-mannered bank clerk with the short attention span and vivid
imagination has inspired, charmed and informed young and old alike since
the publication of Mr Tompkins in Paperback (by George Gamow) in 1965.
He is now back in a new set of adventures exploring the extreme edges
of the universe - the smallest, the largest, the fastest, the farthest.
Through his experiences and his dreams, you are there at Mr Tompkins'
shoulder watching and taking part in the merry dance of cosmic mysteries:
Einstein's relativity and bizarre effects near the speed of light, the
birth and death of the universe, black holes, quarks, space warps and
antimatter, the fuzzy world of the quantum, the ultimate demolition derby
of atom smashers, and that ultimate cosmic mystery of all ... love.
If you read it for the physics, you'll find a charming tale of adventure
and romance. If you read it for the story, you'll find the hottest, latest,
weirdest and most wonderful bits of physics as a backdrop - all explained
in the clearest possible way. Whichever way you approach it, you are in
for an eye-opening treat.
Illustrations by Mike Edwards
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