This quantum mechanical probability is now universally known as the Gamow factor. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Fusion] Reference
Gamow, The Creation of the Universe (New York, 1952). From Wordnik.com. [INFINITY] Reference
Rutherford invited Gamow to Cambridge in January 1929. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the Unseen] Reference
Gamow quickly reorganized the meeting so that fission became the main subject. From Wordnik.com. [A Hell of a Read - The Scientist As Rebel, by Freeman Dyson] Reference
G. Gamow, Zur Quantentheorie der Atomzertrümmerung, '' Zeit. fur Physik 52, 510 (1928). From Wordnik.com. [Fusion] Reference
An early attempt to calculate the rate of nuclear reactions in stars using the Gamow factor. From Wordnik.com. [Fusion] Reference
There is an Alpher, Bethe, Gamow on “The origin of chemical elements” (Phys Rev 73 p 803). From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Physics Paper!] Reference
She started her professional career as a student of George Gamow after Gamow moved to America. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the Unseen] Reference
A reader will see there that the original skit follows Goethe more closely than the Gamow translation. From Wordnik.com. [Einstein & Bohr] Reference
"On the strength of this work," as Brown argues, "Gamow became a frequent and valued visitor to the Cavendish.". From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
Note 48: With his letter to Nature in November 1928, Gamow addressed the phenomenon of artificial disintegration. From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
Gamow and his associates suggested that this synthesis took place at the beginning of the existence of the universe. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics] Reference
Instead, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Canadian citizen, found a book on board ship by George Gamow called One Two Three. From Wordnik.com. [A Grand and Bold Thing] Reference
It was just a name created by British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle to denigrate Gamow's theory, but Gamow whimsically adopted it. From Wordnik.com. [WAR, PEACE AND ARMS CONTROL IN THE BRONZE AGE] Reference
In planning this work, they realized the importance of certain contemporary theoretical studies by Gurney and Condon, and by Gamow. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Rutherford did not pretend to understand quantum mechanics, but he understood that the Gamow formula would give his accelerator a crucial advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the Unseen] Reference
Aaron Goodman When James Watson was 24 years old, he spent more time thinking about women than work, according to his memoir "Genes, Girls and Gamow.". From Wordnik.com. [Fleeting Youth, Fading Creativity] Reference
The corroboration obtained in this way for the theory which Gamow and others had propounded, and which was referred to above, was of great importance. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Although primarily an experimentalist, Chadwick coauthored a paper with the theoretician Gamow in 1930 on the artificial disintegration of alpha particles. From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
What happens is they put you completely inside a Gamow bag which they pump up with oxygen, using a foot-pump; they keep you in there at high pressure for an hour. From Wordnik.com. [Where This Artist Goes, Danger Often Follows] Reference
Or the point origin may be the time point of a “big squeeze” for all matter and energy, in consequence of a “collapse” of a universe just pre - ceding (Gamow, p. 29). From Wordnik.com. [SPACE] Reference
One of his songs was the soundtrack on the Gamow biography. From Wordnik.com. [The New Dharma Bums] Reference
One day in the 1940's Einstein and Gamow were walking through Princeton. From Wordnik.com. [A Babe in the Universe] Reference
"My father taught me that science is not only useful but also fun," Gamow says. From Wordnik.com. [MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire] Reference
If immediate descent is not possible a hyperbaric or Gamow bag is very helpful. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In his book "Creation of the Universe" Gamow mistakenly calculates the temperature at 50 degrees K!. From Wordnik.com. [A Babe in the Universe] Reference
Gamow plans to release nine additional volumes in the future covering great scientists from Aristotle to Hawking. From Wordnik.com. [MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire] Reference
The Gamow lecture series brings renowned scientists to campus to present their research findings to general audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Top Headlines at CU Boulder] Reference
Further research led us to look for a film that we thought would be pretty interesting: Dinner with Brakhage and Gamow. From Wordnik.com. [The New Dharma Bums] Reference
Since retirement from teaching, Gamow has produced two feature-length films, The Galloping Gamows and Dinner with Brakhage and Gamow. From Wordnik.com. [MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire] Reference
He holds numerous patents in the field of bioengineering and invented the Gamow Bag, a device that treats high-altitude mountain sickness. From Wordnik.com. [MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire] Reference
Gamow, George. From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
Gamow. Hoyle" ". From Wordnik.com. [Starchild Omnibus]
Gamow, George, 110. From Wordnik.com. [A Grand and Bold Thing] Reference
Chadwick, James and Gamow, George. From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
1980: Gamow Lecturer, University of Colorado. From Wordnik.com. [Arno Penzias - Curriculum Vitae] Reference
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