George Gamow

Definitions of George 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)
    synonyms: Gamow
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    a scientist trained in physics
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