George Gamow: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Feb 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 15, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - George Gamow. Apr 11, 2021
Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - Biography of George Gamow. Mar 28, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of George Gamow. Mar 28, 2019
Added material about Hans Bethe's involvement in the Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper. Mar 21, 2017
Changed "Tomkins" to "Tompkins." Changed date of publication of Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland from 1936 to 1939. Mar 21, 2017
Add new Web site: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences - Biography of George Gamow. Feb 03, 2017
Add new Web site: Vigyan Prasar Science Portal - Biography of George Gamow. Feb 16, 2014
Add new Web site: Wolfram Research - Biography of George Gamow. Jan 09, 2012
Article revised and updated. Jun 04, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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