by George Gamow · Alianza Editorial. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420617435
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«Biografía de la física» is George Gamow's popular science essay, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (414 pages, in Spanish).
In this work, George Gamow reviews the historical evolution of physics with a popularizing approach: he presents the main discoveries and theories, brings concepts closer to non-specialist readers, and shows how the scientific understanding of the world has been transformed.
The book belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection (no. 743, Science and Technology section), includes black-and-white illustrations, and its translation from English is by Fernando Vela.
A popular science work suitable for readers interested in the history of science and the foundations of physics.
George Gamow was a Soviet and American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Georges Lemaître's Big Bang theory. Gamow discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay by quantum tunneling, invented the liquid drop model, worked on radioactive decay, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and predicted the existence of the cosmic microwave background radiation and molecular genetics.
