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In 1935, Gamow's son, Igor Gamow was born (in a 1947 book, Gamow's dedication was "To my son IGOR, Who Would Rather Be a Cowboy"). George Gamow became a naturalized American in 1940. He retained his formal association with GWU until 1956.
In 1958, she married George Gamow. [1] From 1958 to 1970, Barbara Gamow served as the editor and translator of her husband. [ 1 ] She also wrote verse for some of her husband's books, including Faust; Eine Historie .
The lectures were established by Gamow's widow, Barbara Perkins Gamow, and the University's Department of Physics in 1971, to "promote public understanding of the nature and role of science." In 1975, Mrs. Gamow included in her will an endowment to maintain the lectures. The George Gamow lecturers have included 26 Nobel Laureates in the ...
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George Gamow (1904–1968), Ukrainian-born American polymath, proposed genetic code concept Alan Garen (1926–2022), US, early molecular geneticist, nonsense triplets terminating transcription Archibald Garrod (1857–1936), English physician, pioneered inborn errors , founded biochemical genetics
Spied for the U.S. for three years before defection. His wife in Moscow died two months after his defection, purportedly of suicide. Kirill Kondrashin: Conductor: Russia: 1978: Defected in December 1978 while touring in the Netherlands and sought political asylum there Ion Mihai Pacepa: Securitate agent: Romania: 1978
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