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Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams lead him into a world inside the atom. This classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in physics, from atomic structure to relativity.
Mr. Tompkins, the inquisitive bank clerk created by esteemed physicist George Gamow in 1937, returns in a new "graphic textbook" companion to the popular new video series! Join Tompkins as he learns about gravity from Albert Einstein, explores the atom with Ernest Rutherford and gets a radioactive guided tour by Marie Curie!
Thirty Years that Shook Physics by George Gamow Pdf
Lucid, accessible introduction to the influential theory of energy and matter features careful explanations of Dirac's anti-particles, Bohr's model of the atom, and much more. Numerous drawings. 1966 edition.
In this cleverly conceived book, physicist Robert Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland-a whole new Wonderland, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. Alice unusual encounters, enhanced by illustrations by Gilmore himself, make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier to grasp.
Mr. Tompkins is back! The mild-mannered bank clerk with the short attention span and vivid imagination has inspired, charmed, and informed young and old alike since the publication of the hugely successful Mr Tompkins in Paperback (by George Gamow) in 1965. Now, this highly affable character returns to embark on a set of adventures that explore the extreme edges of the universe--the smallest, the largest, the fastest, and the farthest. Just by following the experiences and dreams of Mr. Tompkins, readers discover and come to know the merry dance of cosmic mysteries, including: Einstein's theory of relativity, bizarre effects near light-speed, the birth and death of the universe, black holes, quarks, space warps and antimatter, the fuzzy world of the quantum, and that ultimate cosmic mystery--love. The story of Mr. Tompkins' journey to the frontiers of modern physics will delight and inform all readers. Russell Stannard is a best-selling popular science writer and the author of the critically acclaimed Uncle Albert series of science books for children.
A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar. Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein’s Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.
Abandoned time and again by those he holds dear, Patrick Clement is forging a reputation as a forensic sculptor, helping to identify the unclaimed missing. But he can’t leave behind a remarkable summer night in 1993, spent alone on Brighton’s derelict West Pier with Black, a beautiful photography student. Patrick is haunted by the fact that no sooner did he get to know her than she disappeared from his life... Who is this girl? And where is Black, the one who got away? Decades on, while at work, Patrick is tasked with reconstructing the skull of an unidentified girl found on the pier in the 1970s – the pier he still thinks about. A crime he recalls from childhood, when his family life was in turmoil, Patrick works to discover the truth behind what has happened. Set in Brighton, The Girl on the Pier spans several decades, from the seventies to the present day. Inspired by literary novelists such as Ian McEwan, Anne Tyler and John Updike, Paul uses vivid images to make the reader feel as though they are right there in the story. The Girl on the Pier will appeal to lovers of psychological thrillers and suspense novels.
The Complete Adventures of Mr. Tompkins by Igor Gamow Pdf
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF MR. TOMPKINSIn 1938, my Father George Gamow, created the curious and lovable fictional character, c.G.h. Tompkins. I was born in 1935 so in one very real sense Mr. Tompkins was my kid brother. Father was born in 1904 in Odessa, Russia and showed, as a child , a passion for literature and science. Father was able to make pocket money by challenging everyone and anyone that they could not give him a noun for which he could not find a verse using this noun in a published poem. When he was 24 he published, essentially, the first book ever published on quantum mechanics! In 1933 Father and my Mother escaped the then Soviet Union, with some financial help from Niels Bohr and Madam Curie, and sailed to America. Father accepted a professorship at George Washington University. The Father I knew had very few regrets but one regret he had was that he did not save the return payment receipts from Bohr and Curie. Father and his young student, Ralph Alpha, are credited to be the first to propose the Big Bang Theory of the Universe in 1948. He hated the name "Big Bang" because it was neither Big and did not go Bang. Father wrote three Tompkins books, Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, 1940, Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom, 1944, and Mr. Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life, 1953. His audience for these books, so he thought, would be the lay public who might glean a little understanding of contemporary science if he explained it in simple everyday language, no mathematics, and he used clever analogies. To Father's astonishment his largest audience were scientists who, in fact, many did the science he was now explaining. His publishing fame grew exponentially not only amongst scientists but among young students who were inspired to go into science because of his popular books. Two scientists were inspired by his books and became noted scientists, Professor Paul Beale, who wrote the foreword for this book, and world famous Professor Kip Thorn. This was a common story for me because during my tenure as a professor I had literally dozens of professors, having seen my name on my office door, visit me and tell me their stories. "I went into science because of the books of George Gamow". My goal is that my new Tompkins books will do the same in recruiting students who will be tomorrow's scientists. I visited with dozens of educators on how I could modernize my Father's Mr. Tompkins and nothing seemed quite right to me until one of my colleagues introduced me to a graphic artist, Scorpio Steele. We have now worked on our Tompkins series for many years and could not be more pleased with our product. I now appreciate the famous phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" but in Scorpio's illustrations, it is at least this number, perhaps even a larger number? We also feel that this somewhat new mode of educational communication through graphic art is not only new for our Mr. Tompkins series but may possibly be an example of the future of progressive science text books world wide. Igor Gamow, 2016
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El Borak and Other Desert Adventures by Robert E. Howard Pdf
Robert E. Howard is famous for creating such immortal heroes as Conan the Cimmerian, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn. Less well-known but equally extraordinary are his non-fantasy adventure stories set in the Middle East and featuring such two-fisted heroes as Francis Xavier Gordon—known as “El Borak”—Kirby O’Donnell, and Steve Clarney. This trio of hard-fighting Americans, civilized men with more than a touch of the primordial in their veins, marked a new direction for Howard’s writing, and new territory for his genius to conquer. The wily Texan El Borak, a hardened fighter who stalks the sandscapes of Afghanistan like a vengeful wolf, is rivaled among Howard’s creations only by Conan himself. In such classic tales as “The Daughter of Erlik Khan,” “Three-Bladed Doom,” and “Sons of the Hawk,” Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. Every fan of Robert E. Howard and aficionados of great adventure writing will want to own this collection of the best of Howard’s desert tales, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artists Tim Bradstreet and Jim & Ruth Keegan.
