[Mr Tompkins 01] • El pais de la maravillas

Mr Tompkins has become known loved by many thousands of readers since his first appearance over fifty years ago as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams 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, quantum theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's new foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers reviews his adventures in the light of current developments in physics today.