George Gamow war ein theoretischer Physiker und Kosmologe, der für seine bahnbrechenden Arbeiten über radioaktiven Zerfall und Sternentstehung bekannt ist. Seine Entdeckung des Alpha-Zerfalls mittels Quantentunnelung veränderte unser Verständnis der subatomaren Physik grundlegend. Gamow befasste sich auch mit den Ursprüngen des Universums und untersuchte die Sternentstehung, die stellare und frühe universelle Nukleosynthese sowie den kosmischen Mikrowellenhintergrund. Seine Theorien prägten die moderne Kosmologie und Astrophysik.
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Die Lekture der insgesamt funfzehn Kapitel uber die erlebten Traume des Mr. Tompkins in seinem Versuch, moderne Wissenschaft zu verstehen, ist ein Hochgenuss, hauptsachlich wegen der uberraschenden Geistesblitze, die dem Autor - einem in die Physikgeschichte eingegangenen Wissenschaftler - eingefallen sind.
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Set against the backdrop of the devastation caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this 1945 publication explores the complexities and challenges surrounding atomic energy. It delves into the moral, scientific, and political implications of harnessing such a powerful force, providing a critical examination of its impact on society and the future.
Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since his first appearance over fifty years ago) as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and quantum theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's new foreword introduces Mr Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in the light of current developments in physics today.
How did our sun come into being? What keeps it hot and luminous, and what will be its ultimate fate? This fascinating and informative book offers answers to some of nature's most exciting and difficult questions. George Gamow, renowned physicist and author of the best-seller One Two Three . . . Infinity, outlines the fundamental discoveries and theories of modern physics that illuminate the evolution of our world.One of the founders of Big Bang theory, Gamow traces the anatomy of matter in terms of modern physics. In language that's both scientifically accurate and simple enough for nonspecialists, he explains the development of atomic theory from its earliest articulation by Democritus in 375 B.C. through studies of nuclear reactions and radioactive decay. Along the way, Gamow discusses the formation of the stars and planets, the nature of red and white dwarfs, the dimensions of our stellar system, the infinity of space, and other fascinating subjects.
Lucid, accessible introduction to the influential theory of energy and matter features careful explanations of Dirac's anti-particles, Bohr's model of the atom, and much more. Numerous drawings. 1966 edition.
