Mr Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life

GeorgeGamow'sfirstTompkinsbook,MrTompkinsinWonderland,createda'toyuniverse'where,ashissoncommentsintheprefacetothis2010reprint,'themaximumspeedoflightisassumedtobe10milesperhour,whileallthelawsofgeneralrelativitystillhold'.Sincethedeathoftheauthorin1968,theMrTompkinsserieshasgonethroughanumberofreincarnations.Thelatestreincarnation,TheAdventuresofMrTompkins(www.theadventuresofmrtompkins.com),hasMrTompkinsnotonlyvisitingphysicists,wellalsoonebiologistinMrTompkinsLearnstheFactsofLifebuthealsovisitsaslewofscientistsfromallbranchesofscienceandmathematics,fromtheirverybeginningstothepresenttime,fromAristotletoWatsonandCrick.