Gamow

[ gam-awf, -of ]

noun

1. George, 1904–68, U.S. nuclear physicist and writer, born in Russia.

Example Sentences

That monumental discovery sparked decades of epic debates about the vastness and origins of the universe, and they involved a clash of titans, the Russian-American nuclear physicist George Gamow and the British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.

From New York Times

Like Hoyle, Gamow often relied on his gut feelings to make scientific predictions.

From Scientific American

Faced with this news, Einstein decided a couple of years later to remove the cosmological constant from his equations, calling it “my biggest blunder,” according to physicist George Gamow.

From Scientific American

The noise that Penzias and Wilson were hearing was, of course, the noise that Gamow had postulated.

From Literature

For the Gamow Bag to function properly, an attendant must continuously inject fresh air into the chamber with a foot pump.

From Literature