Name: Thirty Years That Shook Physics (Tridtsat Let Kotorye Potryasli Fiziku)
Brand: AST
SKU: 9086093099310
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Author: Georgiy Gamov
ISBN: 9785171610302

Thirty Years That Shook Physics (Tridtsat Let Kotorye Potryasli Fiziku)

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At the beginning of the last century, classical physics was shaken by two great revolutionary theories. One of them, Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, revolutionized the classical concept of space-time. The second, quantum theory, was born and developed by a constellation of scientists, including Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Paul Dirac. In his book, 'Thirty Years That Shook Physics,' George Gamow tells the captivating story of a brainstorming session of great minds, in which he himself played a direct role.

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George Gamow, also Georgy Antonovich Gamov, an American physicist and astrophysicist, generated brilliant ideas: he explained the laws of radioactive alpha decay and pointed to the thermonuclear nature of the Sun’s and stars’ energy; he developed the theory of the hot universe, predicting the existence of microwave (relic) radiation and raising the question of the nucleosynthesis of chemical elements.

In 1922–1923 he studied at Novorossiysk University in Odessa, then at Petrograd University, where he later completed postgraduate studies.…

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