George Gamow Scientist

George Gamow (March 4 [O.S. February 20] 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Russian: Гео́ргий Анто́нович Га́мов Russian pronunciation: [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈɡaməf]), was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist – notably an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory. He discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay via quantum tunneling, and worked on radioactive decay of the atomic nucleus, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis and Big Bang nucleosynthesis (which he collectively called nucleocosmogenesis), and molecular genetics.In his middle and late career, Gamow focused more on teaching, and became well known as an author of popular books on science, including One Two Three ... Infinity, and the Mr. Tompkins ... series of books (1939–1967). Some of his books are still in print more than a half-century after their original publication, and have become classic but still-relevant introductions to fundamental principles of mathematics and science.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Gamov Georgiy Antonovich (birth name); Гамов Георгий Антонович (Russian)
Birth date	March 04, 1904
Birth name	Georgiy Antonovich Gamov
Birth place	Odessa , Russian Empire
Citizenship	Soviet Union United States
Date of death	August 19, 1968
Place of death	Colorado , Boulder Colorado , United States
Known for	Alpha decay Big Bang Quantum tunnelling Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper One Two Three ... Infinity Gamow–Teller transition Semi-empirical mass formula Gamow factor