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  • The astronomer Vera Rubin gets to pay a visit to the legendary physicist George Gamow to talk about the nature of the universe, only to discover he's an oaf who yells at his wife.

    Known unknowns beyond the night sky Post 2011

  • I thought of this distinction constantly while reading Gino Segrè's fascinating dual biography of George Gamow and Max Delbrück, "Ordinary Geniuses."

    The Inelegant Universe Jeremy Bernstein 2011

  • Of course, something has to give, even in a volume this size, but space for these ideas could be found by leaving out the extract from a popular book by George Gamow, which no more deserves a place here than an extract from, say, Mr. Hawking's "A Brief History of Time."

    How Physics Got Weird John Gribbin 2011

  • The astronomer Vera Rubin gets to pay a visit to the legendary physicist George Gamow to talk about the nature of the universe, only to discover he's an oaf who yells at his wife.

    Richard Panek's study of the cosmos,"The 4 Percent Universe" Carl Zimmer 2011

  • Instead, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Canadian citizen, found a book on board ship by George Gamow called One Two Three . . .

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Instead, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Canadian citizen, found a book on board ship by George Gamow called One Two Three . . .

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Instead, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Canadian citizen, found a book on board ship by George Gamow called One Two Three . . .

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Instead, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Canadian citizen, found a book on board ship by George Gamow called One Two Three . . .

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • For example the physicist George Gamow made two unsuccessful attempts before giving up and getting out with permission to attend a conference.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Matt Welch on the Immigration Law 2010

  • Wake up, George Gamow, by GLloyd Rowsey on Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 at 10: 55: 49 AM

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: What Was it Like Before the Big Bang? 2009

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