Mr Tompkins in Paperback (Rare, 1971)

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.

This paperback volume combines and brings up to date two of Professor Gamow’s well known books, Mr Tompkins in Wonderland, and Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom. New stories and illustrations have been added on fission and fusion, the steady state universe, and elementary particles.
Professor Gamow has made many notable contributions to physics. Here he provides a delightful explanation of the concepts of modern physics by introducing Mr Tompkins, a bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into the world inside the atom.

Some reviewers’ opinions of the two books:

• Enthusiastically recommended to both scientific and general readers. MANCHESTER GUARDIAN
• Not only entertaining; the ordinary reader can learn from it a great deal about sub-atomic particles—electrons, neutrons and the rest and the strange rules which govern their behaviour. THE OBSERVER
• Will vastly fascinate the whimsical, and is also entirely scientific. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
• Physicists will appreciate the deft exposition of physical theories and facts and will chuckle over the many apt analogies. Science students will find it worth while for it is definitely a good supplement to a modern physics textbook. Non-physicist readers will find the book interesting and stimulating … SCRIPTA MATHEMATICA