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George Gamow (1904–1968)

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Born in Odessa, Russia, George Gamow, the son of a teacher, studied at the University of Leningrad, becoming professor of physics in 1931. He emigrated to the United States in 1933 and taught at George Washington University (1934-56) and at the University of Colorado (1956-68). His scientific work näytä lisää covered many fields, mostly related to nuclear physics. In the field of molecular biology, Gamow suggested the triplet mechanism for coding DNA. He and his associate Ralph Alpher developed a detailed model of the early stages of cosmic evolution in the "big bang" theory. Although Gamow's basic assumption that the primordial universe contained only neutrons was incorrect, this assumption stimulated a great deal of subsequent work in cosmology. Gamow wrote 30 popular books on astronomy, physics, and related sciences. In his "Mr. Tompkins" series (one of the most famous), Gamow used the figure of a curious, interested bank clerk as a protagonist for various journeys into quantum physics and gravity. His sense of humor is evident in his books and in his scientific career. For example, one of the key papers on the "big bang" theory is called the alpha-beta-gamma paper. In 1956, UNESCO awarded Gamow the Kalinga Prize for science writing. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

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Gravitaatio (1962) 204 kappaletta
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A Star Called the Sun (1901) 51 kappaletta
A Planet Called Earth (1963) 42 kappaletta
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The atom and its nucleus (1961) 19 kappaletta
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Indeholder "Forord", "Indledning", "I. M. Planck og lyskvanter", " Statistisk mekanik og varmestråling", " Max Planck og energikvantet", " Lyskvanter og den fotoelektriske effekt", " Compton Effekten", "II. Niels Bohr og kvanteteorien", " Rutherfords teori om kerne-atomet", " At kvantisere et mekanisk system", " Sommerfelds elliptiske baner", " Bohrs Institut", "III. W. Pauli og udelukkelsesprincippet", " Tildelingen af elektron-niveauer", " Den snurrende elektron", " Pauli og kernefysikken", " Neutrinoen", "IV. L. de Broglie og lede-bølgerne", " Schrödingers bølgeligning", " Anvendelse af bølgemekanikken", "V. W. Heisenberg og ubestemthedsprincippet", " Det klassiske lineære banebegreb kasseres", "VI. P. A. M. Dirac og anti-partiklerne", " Forenet relativitet og kvanteteori", " Anti-partikel fysik", "VII. E. Fermi og partikel-omdannelser", " Kræfterne bag ved β-omdannelsen", " Fermis undersøgelser over nukleare reaktioner", "VIII. H. Yukawa og mesonerne", "IX. Mænd i arbejde", "'Faust'", "Noter til 'Faust'".

"Forord" handler om at relativitetsteorien er skabt af een person, Albert Einstein, mens kvanteteorien har mange bidrag fra mange videnskabsmænd.
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"'Faust'" handler om en Faust-parodi, skrevet og opført af adskillige af Bohrs elever.
"Noter til 'Faust'" handler om hvad Faust-parodien egentlig handler om. Fx snakkes der om en vægtløs neutron, men det er neutrinoen, der menes. Osv.

Sjov lille bog, der ikke går af vejen for at smide nogle ret indviklede formler ind.
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bnielsen | Dec 9, 2023 |
An entertaining read, written at a very accessible level (and before it was decided that math had to be banished from pop sci books.). It is perhaps too basic, if you have any physics/math/astronomy education. Worth 4 stars.

However: this book is now 60-ish years out of date, and it shows. There are several incorrect 'facts' and several own questions now answered. Science!
 
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dcunning11235 | 14 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 12, 2023 |
I am now over eighty years of age, an emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry. I read this book over seventy years ago, and remember it clearly to this day. While it was hardly a "how-to" book, it inspired me toward a life of science. I was fortunate enough to meet Gamov in the late 1960's, when he gave a seminar at University of California-Irvine and I tried to express my appreciation for his work in the popularization of science and his influence on me. His hand-drawn illustrations are as witty as the text.… (lisätietoja)
 
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hcubic | 14 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 20, 2023 |
This one really whetted my interest in astronomy.
 
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