The New World of MR Tompkins - Gamow, George

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Résumé :
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 Mr Tompkins in Paperback (by George Gamow) in 1965. He is now back in a new set of adventures exploring the extreme edges of the universe - the smallest, the largest, the fastest, the farthest. Through his experiences and his dreams, you are there at Mr Tompkins' shoulder watching and taking part in the merry dance of cosmic mysteries: Einstein's relativity and bizarre effects near the speed of light, the birth and death of the universe, black holes, quarks, space warps and antimatter, the fuzzy world of the quantum, the ultimate demolition derby of atom smashers, and that ultimate cosmic mystery of all ... love. If you read it for the physics, you'll find a charming tale of adventure and romance. If you read it for the story, you'll find the hottest, latest, weirdest and most wonderful bits of physics as a backdrop - all explained in the clearest possible way. Whichever way you approach it, you are in for an eye-opening treat.

Biographie:
Russell Stannard has established a reputation as one of the most gifted popularisers of science through numerous media appearances and projects, and in particular for his Uncle Albert Trilogy (The Time and Space of Uncle Albert, Black Holes and Uncle Albert, and Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest), which covers the work of Albert Einstein and quantum theory in a way that is accessible to children of 11 + . These books have enjoyed much success and critical acclaim, being translated into 15 languages, shortlisted for the Rhone-Poulenc non-fiction Book Prizes, the Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year, and the American Science Writing Award. George Gamow (1904 to 1968) was not only one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century (one of the founders of the Big Bang theory) but was also a master at science popularisation. Of his many popular books, perhaps the best known is Mr Tompkins in Paperback (1965).

Sommaire:
["City Speed Limit","The Professor's Lecture on Relativity which Caused","Mr Tompkins's Dream","Mr Tompkins takes a Holiday","The Notes of the Professor's Lecture on Curved Space","Mr Tompkins Visits a Closed Universe","Cosmic Opera","Black Holes, Heat Death, and Blow Torch","Quantum Snooker","The Quantum Safari","Maxwell's Demon","The Merry Tribe of Electrons","The Remainder of the Previous Lecture through which Mr Tompkins Dozed","Inside the Nucleus","The Woodcarver","Holes in Nothing","Visiting the \" Atom Smasher \"","The Professor's Last lecture."]