Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams lead him into a

An inspirational introduction to the physics of the twenty-first century.

Mr. Tompkins, the inquisitive bank clerk created by esteemed physicist George Gamow in 1937, returns in a new "graphic textbook" companion to the popular new vi

In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddleof existence from the ancient world to modern times.