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Gamow

American  
[gam-awf, -of] / ˈgæm ɔf, -ɒf /

noun

  1. George, 1904–68, U.S. nuclear physicist and writer, born in Russia.


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That monumental discovery sparked decades of epic debates about the vastness and origins of the universe, and they involved a clash of titans, the Russian-American nuclear physicist George Gamow and the British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

Gamow performed a quick calculation using quantum rules and solved the alpha decay problem overnight, sharing his results with Hungarian physicist Eugene Wigner the next day.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2021

Spillane, T. et al. 12C + 12C fusion reactions near the Gamow Energy.

From Nature ● May 22, 2018

Gamow revived the term to describe the material of the hot Big Bang.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

Gamow calculated that by the time it crossed the vastness of the cosmos, the radiation would reach Earth in the form of microwaves.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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