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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

Hoyle, much more so that Gamow, was known to cling to such ideas far too long.

From Scientific American Aug. 18, 2021

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

From Nature May 22, 2018

Lemaître, Alpher, and Gamow first worked out the ideas that are today called the Big Bang theory.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

Produce protons in sufficient quantity, Gamow suggested, and sooner or later a lucky bullet would find its mark.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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