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Biographical Note
George Gamow
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1904, Mar. 4 | Born Georgii Antonovic Gamov, Odessa, Russia |
| 1928 | Ph.D., physical science, University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR |
| 1928-1929 | Institute of Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1929-1930 | Rockefeller fellow, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England |
| 1931 | Married Lyubov Rho Vokhminzeva (divorced 1956) Published The Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. Oxford: Clarendon Press |
| 1931-1933 | Professor, University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR |
| 1933-1934 | Lecturer, Paris, France, London, England, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1934-1956 | Professor of physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1935 | Collaborated with Edward Teller on the theory of beta-decay, and formulated the so-called "Gamow-Teller Selection Rule for Beta Emission" |
| 1939 | Proposed neutrino theory of supernovae Published Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press |
| 1940 | Became naturalized American citizen Published The Birth and Death of the Sun. New York: Viking Press |
| 1941 | Published Biography of the Earth; Its Past, Present, and Future. New York: Viking Press |
| 1942 | Shell model of red giant stars |
| 1947 | Published One, Two, Three...Infinity. New York: Viking Press |
| 1948 | Theory of the origin of chemical elements |
| 1952 | Published The Creation of the Universe. New York: Viking Press |
| 1956 | Awarded Kalinga Prize by Unesco for popularization of science |
| 1956-1968 | Professor of physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. |
| 1958 | Published Matter, Earth, and Sky. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Married Barbara Merrihew Perkins |
| 1961 | Published Biography of Physics. New York: Harper |
| 1968, Aug. 20 | Died, Boulder, Colo. |
| 1970 | Posthumous publication My World Line. New York: Viking Press |
Barbara Gamow
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1905, May 22 | Born Barbara Merrihew Perkins, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1938 | Married J. R. de la Torre Bueno (divorced circa 1943) |
| circa 1950-1958 | Employed by Cambridge University Press |
| 1958 | Married George Gamow |
| 1976 | Died |