George Gamow
Deceased Q59478

George Gamow

Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968)

Born: March 4, 1904 (1904) · Odesa
Died: August 19, 1968 (1968) · Boulder
Age at death: 64 years
Nationality United States, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Occupation writer, university teacher, inventor, astronomer, physicist, nuclear physicist, biochemist, cosmologist, astrophysicist
Field of work theoretical physics, literary activity, biochemistry, astrophysics, children's and young adult literature, scientific literature, nuclear physics, popular science literature, physical cosmology
Education Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Odesa University, Saint Petersburg State University
Employer University of California, Berkeley, George Washington University, University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute, V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Ioffe Institute
Gender male

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