BOOKS BY GEORGE GAMOW
"The Great Physicists From Galileo to Einstein"
"Thirty Years That Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory
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"One Two Three....Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
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James D. Watson, Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix
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http://www.kolmogorov.com/Gamow.html (all books from this url)