Mr Tompkins in Paperback

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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.

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Full title :Mr Tompkins in Paperback.

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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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1993.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:1993.

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Description:1 online resource (202 pages)

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ISBN:9781107295643, 1107295645, 9781107414433, 1107414431, 1139893939, 9781139893930, 1107395437, 9781107395435, 110739063X, 9781107390638, 110738771X, 9781107387713, 1139647660, 9781139647663, 1139635859, 9781139635851, 1139635263, 9781139635264, 1139638181, 9781139638180, 0511001150, 9780511001154, 1139644149, 9781139644143, 9780521447713, 0521447712, 1139890034, 9781139890038
oclc:ocn850194477
LC Classification:QC71 .G25 1993
Dewey Decimal:530

Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 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; 101D A Part of the Previous Lecture which Mr Tompkins slept through; 12 Inside the Nucleus; 13 The Woodcarver; 14 Holes in Nothing; 15 Mr Tompkins Tastes a Japanese Meal.