Article ID: CBB000102531

George Gamow: Scientific Amateur and Polymath (2001)

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Description Discusses Gamow's life, his science, and his popularizations of physics and astronomy


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Authors & Contributors
Mitton, Simon A.
Banco, Lindsey Michael
Chown, Marcus
Crompton, R. W.
DeVorkin, David H.
Dracoulis, G. D.
Journals
European Physical Journal H
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly
Historical Records of Australian Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Basic Books
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Guaraldi
Harvard University Press
Jonathan Cape
Springer
Concepts
Cosmology
Astronomy
Biographies
Physics
Popularization
Big bang theory
People
Gamow, George
Hoyle, Fred
Einstein, Albert
Alpher, Ralph Asher
Bondi, Hermann
Carver, John Henry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
16th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
United States
India
Australia
France
Germany
Italy
Institutions
Astronomische Gesellschaft
British Astronomical Association
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