The George Gamow Symposium : sponsored by the George Washington University and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 12 April 1997 [i.e. 1996] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Washington Conferences on Theoretical Physics (1935-1947)

Symposium Program

Opening Addresses: President Trachtenberg, President Maxine Singer, Dr. Fred Saalfeld

Gamow, Alpha Decay, and the Liquid-Drop Model of the Nucleus / Roger H. Stuewer

Influence of Gamow on Early Astrophysics and on Early Accelerators in Nuclear Physics / Hans Bethe

George Gamow and the Big Bang Model. pt. 1. Cosmochemistry in the Early Universe / Ralph Alpher. pt. 2. Prediction of the Cosmic Radiation Background / Robert Herman

Discovery of the Cosmic Background Radiation / Robert Wilson

What George Gamow Did not Know about the Universe / Vera Rubin

Gamow and the Genetic Code / Alexander Rich

Some Personal Memories of George Gamow / Edward Teller

Panel Discussion and Reminiscences of George Gamow

Epilogue / Appendix: George Gamow's Publications