George Gamow
4 March 1904 – 19 August 1968
George Gamow (1904-1968) was a Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who made major contributions to quantum tunneling, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and the prediction of the cosmic microwave background radiation. He was also a celebrated popularizer of science, author of the 'Mr Tompkins' series and 'One Two Three... Infinity'.
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Life events
Georgiy Antonovich Gamow was born in Odessa, in present-day Ukraine.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGamow completed his PhD at the University of Leningrad, studying under Alexander Friedmann.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGamow applied quantum mechanics to explain radioactive alpha decay as a tunneling phenomenon.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGamow and his wife defected while attending a physics conference, eventually settling in the United States.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGamow became a professor at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis popular science book became one of the most widely read works of science popularization of the century.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe paper described the formation of chemical elements in the early universe and implied the existence of a cosmic background radiation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGamow moved to the University of Colorado Boulder, where he taught for the remainder of his career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGeorge Gamow died in Boulder, Colorado at the age of 64.
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