Gamow, George

Autor: Gamow, George
Rok: 1904-1968
Oblast působnosti: astrofyzici, jaderní fyzici, biochemici, vysokoškolští učitelé, spisovatelé

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Americký astrofyzik, jaderný fyzik, kosmolog, biochemik a vysokoškolský pedagog. Autor odborné literatury, ale také populárně-naučné literatury pro děti, mládež a dospělé čtenáře.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

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.