Gamow, George, 1904-1968.
George and Barbara Gamow papers, 1915-1975 (bulk 1950-1975).
Correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles, book mss., drawings, and miscellaneous papers. Chiefly correspondence, 1960-1968, relating to Gamow's publications and his work in astronomy, cosmology, nuclear energy, theoretical physics, and genetic coding, and his role as a popularizer of science. Includes mss. of his Biography of physics, 1961, Matter, earth, and sky, 1958, Mr. Tompkins in paperback, 1965, and Thirty years that shook physics, 1966. Correspondents include Ralph Alpher, John Cockcroft, Pascal Covici, Paul Dirac, Elizabeth and William F. Freedman, Robert Herman, Allen J. Hynek, Ronald Mansbridge, Nevill Mott, Ronald Searle, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Edward Teller, and Martymas Ycas. The Papers of Barbara Merrihew (Perkins) Gamow (1905-1976) consist chiefly of personal correspondence and relate in part to her literary interests and her work in publishing. Her correspondents include Sybille Bedford, Stan Brakhage, James Broughton, E. E. and Marion (Morehouse) Cummings, Bernard Z. Friedlander, Albert Guerard, Raymond P. Holden, Edward Niles and Evelyn (Caldwell) Hooker, Frances and Garner James, John Larson, Eda Lord, Charles Norman, and Morgan Shepard.
Physicist, astronomer, and author; born Georgii Antonovic Gamov in Odessa, Russia; emigrated to the United States, 1933; married Barbara Merrihew Perkins in 1956.
Alpher, Ralph 1921-2007
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967.
Covici, Pascal, 1885-1964.
Critchfield, Charles Louis, 1910-
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Gamow, George, 1904-1968.
Gamow, George, 1904-1968 Matter, earth, and sky [manuscript].
Gamow, George, 1904-1968 Mr. Tompkins in paperback [manuscript].
Gamow, George, 1904-1968 Thirty years that shook physics [manuscript].
Friedman, Elizabeth, 1893--1980.
Friedman, William F. (William Frederick), 1891-1969.
Herman, Robert, 1914-
Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen), 1910-1986
Mansbridge, Ronald.
Mott, N. F. (Nevill Francis), Sir, 1905-
Searle, Ronald, 1920-
Szent-Gyr̲gyi, Albert, 1893-1986.
Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
Ycas, Martynas, 1917-
Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006
Brakhage, Stan.
Broughton, James Richard, 1913-
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Eslin), 1894-1962.
Friedlander, Bernard Z.
Guerard, Albert Leon, 1880-1959.
Holden, Raymond P. (Raymond Peckham), 1894-1972.
Hooker, Edward Niles.
Hooker, Evelyn Caldwell.
James, Frances Theiss.
James, Garner.
Larson, John.
Lord, Eda.
Norman, Charles, 1904-
Morehouse, Marion, 1906-1969.
Shepard, Morgan, 1865-1947.
Astronomy.
Cosmology
Genetics.
Nuclear energy.
Publishers and publishing.
Science -- History -- 20th century.
Science publishing.
Astronomers. lcsh
Authors. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
Authors.
Science -- Popularization.
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