{"product_id":"mr-tompkins-in-paperback-canto-classics-9781107604681","title":"Mr Tompkins in Paperback Canto Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enthusiastically recommended to both scientific and general readers.' The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e'Will vastly fascinate the whimsical, and is also entirely scientific.' Scientific American\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Roger Penrose; 1. City speed limit; 2. The Professor's lecture on relativity which caused Mr Tompkins's dream; 3. Mr Tompkins takes a holiday; 4. The Professor's lecture on curved space, gravity and the universe; 5. The pulsating universe; 6. Cosmic opera; 7. Quantum billiards; 8. Quantum jungles; 9. Maxwell's demon; 10. The gay tribe of electrons; 10 1\/2. A part of the previous lecture which Mr Tompkins slept through; 12. Inside the nucleus; 13. The wood carver; 14. Holes in nothing; 15. Mr Tompkins tastes a Japanese meal.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019392385367,"sku":"9781107604681","price":16.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107604681.jpg?v=1750780129","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mr-tompkins-in-paperback-canto-classics-9781107604681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}