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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... read more

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It was a bank holiday, and Mr Tompkins, the little clerk of a big city bank, slept late and had a leisurely breakfast.

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  1. George Gamow (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date: 1967
ISBN: 052106905X
Page Count: 198

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