Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself: Adventures in New Biology

Mr Tompkins #4

by George Gamow, Martynas Yčas

Excellent Book

Genres: Science

274 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

George Gamow (Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡaməf:]; March 4 [O.S. February 20:] 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist born in the Russian Empire. He discovered alpha decay via quantum tunneling and worked on radioactive decay of the atomic nucleus, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background, nucleocosmogenesis and genetics.

Reviews

[Sohale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most amazing book ever, yet underrated. I perused it in age about 13-14. I liked this much more than Mr Tompkins in Wonderland.