The Atom and Its Nucleus

by George Gamow

153 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

George Gamow (Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡaməf:]; March 4 [O.S. February 20:] 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist born in the Russian Empire. He discovered alpha decay via quantum tunneling and worked on radioactive decay of the atomic nucleus, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background, nucleocosmogenesis and genetics.

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[Sara Ghotb · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite part of this book was how it brought back all the concepts I've learned before and how they were explained extremely well in a very good and example-based way.