George Gamow
Russian-American theoretical physicist
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πBiography
George Gamow was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay via quantum tunneling, and worked on radioactive decay, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and molecular genetics.
πMajor Works & Achievements
- β¦Developed Big Bang nucleosynthesis
- β¦Proposed an early model of the genetic code
- β¦Author of the classic science book 'One Two Three... Infinity'
π¬Famous Quotes
"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
"It takes a long time to understand nothing.
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