Gamow, Barbara, 1905-1976

Biographical Note

George Gamow

• 1904, Mar. 4: Born Georgii Antonovic Gamov, Odessa, Russia
• 1928: Ph.D., physical science, University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR
• 1928 - 1929 : Institute of Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1929 - 1930 : Rockefeller fellow, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
• 1931: Married Lyubov Rho Vokhminzeva (divorced 1956) Published The Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1931 - 1933 : Professor, University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR
• 1933 - 1934 : Lecturer, Paris, France, London, England, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• 1934 - 1956 : Professor of physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• 1935: Collaborated with Edward Teller on the theory of beta-decay, and formulated the so-called "Gamow-Teller Selection Rule for Beta Emission"
• 1939: Proposed neutrino theory of supernovae Published Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• 1940: Became naturalized American citizen Published The Birth and Death of the Sun. New York: Viking Press
• 1941: Published Biography of the Earth; Its Past, Present, and Future. New York: Viking Press
• 1942: Shell model of red giant stars
• 1947: Published One, Two, Three...Infinity. New York: Viking Press
• 1948: Theory of the origin of chemical elements
• 1952: Published The Creation of the Universe. New York: Viking Press
• 1956: Awarded Kalinga Prize by Unesco for popularization of science
• 1956 - 1968 : Professor of physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
• 1958: Published Matter, Earth, and Sky. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Married Barbara Merrihew Perkins
• 1961: Published Biography of Physics. New York: Harper
• 1968, Aug. 20: Died, Boulder, Colo.
• 1970: Posthumous publication My World Line. New York: Viking Press

Barbara Gamow

• 1905, May 22: Born Barbara Merrihew Perkins, San Francisco, Calif.
• 1938: Married J. R. de la Torre Bueno (divorced circa 1943)
• circa 1950 - 1958 : Employed by Cambridge University Press
• 1958: Married George Gamow
• 1976: Died

From the guide to the George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers, 1915-1975, (bulk 1950-1975), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)