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Mr Tompkins in Paperback : Comprising 'Mr Tompkins in Wonderland' and 'Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom' (Canto) |
| Author: |
Penrose, R. & Gamow, G. |
| ISBN: |
0521447712 |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
| URL: |
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Tompkins-Paperback-Comprising-Wonderland/dp/0521093554 |
| Year: |
1993 |
| Description: |
Mr Tompkins is a 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. |
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| Comments: |
Contributed by: DITD Team Member on 5/12/2005
This book was recommended on our parents of teens list serve. This book has great reviews and is a good starting place for quantim physics. |
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