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Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since his first appearance over fifty years ago) 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 new foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in the light of current developments in physics today.

Author

George Gamow

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Canto Imprint)

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9781107414433

Subjects

Science, Physics, Stem

Rating

4.18 / 5 (505 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13