The New World of Mr Tompkins: George Gamow's Classic Mr Tompkins in Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0521639921
- ISBN-13
- 9780521639927
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Russell Stannard, George Gamow
Description
The layman is introduced to modern physics when a personable bank clerk, interested in scientific matters, has fantastic adventures.
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- 1999-09-16
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge University Press
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