
George Gamow
George Gamow was a Soviet and American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Georges Lemaître's Big Bang theory. Gamow discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay by quantum tunneling, invented the liquid drop model, worked on radioactive decay, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and predicted the existence of the cosmic microwave background radiation and molecular genetics.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Odesa
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg State UniversityOdesa UniversityFaculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University
- Awards
- 🏆 Kalinga Prize
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Alexander Friedmann
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Ralph Asher Alpher
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Timeline
1904
Born
Birth1968
Died
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