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020    $a 9781495494550
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050    $a QC 16 G37 $b O76 2013
100 1  $a Orndorff, Beverly, $e author.
245 10 $a George Gamow: $b the whimsical mind behind the Big Bang / $c Beverly Orndorff.
264  4 $a [Los Gatos, California]: $b Smashwords Edition, $c [2013]
300    $a 300 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (approximately pages 267-287)
505 0  $a Introduction -- Foreword: Gamow and the Nuclear Perspective -- The Story (And Storied) Man -- Growing Up -- Cabdrivers X Candlesticks -- The Reluctant Revolutionary -- Less Crowded Fields -- Copenhagen -- Igniting the Stars -- Climate Change -- Escape to America -- At GW -- Urca, Or How to Lose It Fast -- Giants, Dwarfs and Evolution -- A World Shaking Announcement -- Gamow Stumbles onto a Secret -- The Ultimate Beginning -- Alpher, Bethe and Gamow -- The Right Man for the Job -- Barns and the Universe -- Competition and Problems --Found, and       Forgotten -- Legacy -- An Extravagant Deviation -- Popular      Writing -- Igor the Cowboy -- Constant -- In the End 
520    $a "... the first complete biography of a colorful and        influential physicist who instigated the modern Big Bang        theory of the universe's birth. The book, rich in        anecdotes reflecting Gamow's humorous and clowning side,        is a detailed account of his scientific insights and        contributions."--Provided by publisher 
600 10 $a Gamow, George, $d 1904-1968.
650  0 $a Big bang theory.
650  0 $a Nuclear physics $x History $y 20th century.
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