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Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious

Hardcover • 2005 • English

Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious

By George Gamow

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" From what happens inside the atom to how things work on larger scales in the universe, readers can rely on George Gamow's authority and be delighted by his sheer joy of physics. Gamow's breadth of knowledge was astounding, he made major contributions to advances in both cosmology and molecular biology. His elucidation of radioactivity, the Big Bang theory, and even how the genetic code might be transcribed years before DNA was discovered makes him one of the 20th century's greatest scientists....Show more

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9780131872912

Publisher

Pi Pr

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious

Format

Hardcover

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