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Definition of Gamow

1. Noun. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968).

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamow

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Literary usage of Gamow

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1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"George Gamow and John M. Cleveland : Physics, Foundations and Frontiers, ... Gamow, Ibid., p. 321. 7. Everyman's Encyclopaedia, Fourth Edition, Volume Eight ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"Since the excitation function for fission is approximately as predicted by the penetration theory of Gamow (see (9)), this comparison suggests that the (ZH, ..."

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