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George Gamow
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George Gamow was a Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who lived from 1904 to 1968 and made significant contributions to our understanding of physics and the origins of the universe. His work matters because he helped develop foundational theories about atomic physics, nuclear decay, and the Big Bang model of cosmology that continue to shape modern science.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1904
- Died
- 1968
- Works
- 107
Top works
- Gravity
- L'energia atomica nella vita cosmica ed umana
- George Gamov and astrophysics
- Laughing Space
- Biografía de la Tierra
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1685-02-23
- Active to
- 1759-04-14
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georgy
- Family name
- Gamov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Odesa
- Place of death
- Boulder
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Employer
- Ioffe Institute
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- Alpher–Bethe–Gamow theory
- Participant in
- Manhattan Project
- Student of
- Alexander Friedmann
- Doctoral student
- Vera Rubin
- Field of work
- children's and young adult literature
- Image
- 格·安·伽莫夫.jpg
- Residence
- Odesa
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- Commons category
- George Gamow
- date of birth
- 1904-03-04
- date of death
- 1968-08-19
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Erdős number
- 4
- Commons gallery
- George Gamow
- birth name
- Геóргий Анто́нович Га́мов
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Гео́ргий Анто́нович Га́мов
- interested in
- physical cosmology
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
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