George Gamow

American theoretical physicist (1904–1968) George GamowBornGeorgiy Antonovich Gamov(1904-03-04)March 4, 1904Odessa, Russian EmpireDiedAugust 19, 1968(1968-08-19) (aged 64)Boulder, Colorado, U.S.CitizenshipSoviet UnionUnited StatesEducationLeningrad State UniversityKnown for Gamow factor Gamow–Teller transition Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper Alpha decay Big Bang cGh physics Liquid drop model Quantum tunnelling Urca process One Two Three ... Infinity Spouse(s) Lyubov Vokhmintseva ​ ​(m. 1931; div. 1956)​ Barbara ​(m. 1958)​ChildrenIgorAwardsKalinga Prize (1956)Scientific careerFieldsPhysicist, science writerWorkplaces University of Göttingen Niels Bohr Institute Cavendish Laboratory George Washington University University of California, Berkeley University of Colorado Boulder Doctoral advisorAlexander FriedmannDoctoral students Ralph Asher Alpher Vera Rubin Signature George Gamow (sometimes Gammoff; born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov; Russian: Гео́ргий Анто́нович Га́мов; 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1904 – August 19, 1968) was a Soviet and American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Georges Lemaî