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George Gamow

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born

March 04, 1904 in Odessa, Ukraine

died

August 19, 1968

gender

male

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Science

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George Gamow (Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡaməf:]; March 4 [O.S. February 20:] 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a Russian-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist. 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.

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Books by George Gamow

Average rating: 4.00 · 752 ratings · 70 reviews · 35 distinct works

	One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science 4.11 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1947 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Mr Tompkins in Paperback by George Gamow, Roger Penrose 4.06 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory 3.91 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The New World of Mr. Tompkins by George Gamow, Russell Stannard 3.89 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1959 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Gravity 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mr Tompkins in Wonderland or Stories of c, G, and h 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1940 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Creation of the Universe 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1952 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mr Tompkins Gets Serious by George Gamow, Robert Oerter (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	My World Line: An Informal Autobiography 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1970	My rating: