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My mother was the only girl in the family. One brother was District Attorney of Odessa or something; another was teaching classical languages; another was a captain of a battleship of the Black Navy; and still another was a chemist and icthyologist.

~George Gamow

Topics: Another Attorney Black Brother Captain Chemist Classical District Family Girl Languages Mother Navy Only Something Still Teaching

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When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.

~George Gamow

Topics: Algebra Differential Equations Home School Studying Teaching Were

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I learned Einstein's theory of relativity when I was still in school. I simply got interested.

~George Gamow

Topics: Einstein Got Interested Learned Relativity School Simply Still Theory

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My father was a teacher of the Russian language and literature in high school.

~George Gamow

Topics: Father High High School Language Literature Russian School Teacher

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All kinds of physical considerations become senseless when we try to apply them to distances smaller than 10 -13 centimeter.

~George Gamow

Topics: Apply Become Considerations Distances Kinds Physical Senseless Smaller Than Them Try

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Physicist

Born: February 20th, 1904

Died: August 19th, 1968

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