George gamow and the big bang

George Gamow (1904-1968) was a man with boundless interests and imagination that took him from relativity theory to quantum mechanics and nuclear physics, back to cosmology, and then to genetics. He has made seminal contributions to these key areas of modern knowledge, which ensure him an enduring p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Space science reviews 1995-11, Vol.74 (3-4), p.447-454
1. Verfasser: Chernin, Artur D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:George Gamow (1904-1968) was a man with boundless interests and imagination that took him from relativity theory to quantum mechanics and nuclear physics, back to cosmology, and then to genetics. He has made seminal contributions to these key areas of modern knowledge, which ensure him an enduring place among the giants of 20th-century science. (Author)
ISSN:0038-6308
1572-9672
DOI:10.1007/BF00751431