Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland and Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom

Author's name: Jurj Jamov

At the beginning of the last century, our understanding of the universe changed due to the emergence of two new physical theories: a theory governing the world of massive objects and enormous speeds (the theory of relativity), and a theory governing the world of atomic and subatomic particles (quantum theory). But is it possible for one of us to experience the wonders of these two theories in everyday life, while walking down the street or out for a walk in a distant country? Is it possible to observe time dilation, length contraction, or the curvature of spacetime? Is it possible to observe uncertainty and the wave-particle duality? Mr. Tompkins—the banker-accountant—does all this because the book's author, pioneering physicist George Gamow, changed the governing constants of the two most famous theories. He changed the values ​​of the speed of light constant, the gravitational constant, and the quantum constant. Thus, phenomena strange to us became present in Mr. Tompkins's everyday life. We have won two of the most wonderful books on popularizing science, now available in Arabic for the first time in the text of this book. An amazing blend of scientific facts and narrative storytelling, not without a sense of endearing humor, by a brilliant scientist and one of the greatest writers who simplified general science.