Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: Confronting Neil With Our Burning Questions… Again!
Podcast: StarTalk RadioNow that being said, there's a book series called Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland written by a physicist, George Gamow, a mid-20th-century physicist; brilliant!
- Episode: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll Discuss Controversies in Quantum Mechanics
Podcast: StarTalk RadioI'm reminded of the charming illustrated book series by George Gamow, Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, or something, and what he would do is—he's a business, famous business is mid-20th century. Okay, lived only just died only 20 years ago or so, but he, yeah, George Gamow, he was one of the original predictors of the temperature of the universe. Yeah, if the universe began as a explosion with the big bang, could you measure that?