George Gamow quotes
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“Much later, when I discussed the problem with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever made in his life. But this "blunder," rejected by Einstein, is still sometimes used by cosmologists even today, and the cosmological constant denoted by the Greek letter Λ rears its ugly head again and again and again.”
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“It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!”
-- George GamowSource : George Gamow (2012). “The Creation of the Universe”, p.137, Courier Corporation
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“If the expansion of the space of the universe is uniform in all directions, an observer located in anyone of the galaxies will see all other galaxies running away from him at velocities proportional to their distances from the observer.”
-- George GamowSource : George Gamow (2012). “The Creation of the Universe”, p.21, Courier Corporation
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“Twinkle, twinkle, quasi-star Biggest puzzle from afar How unlike the other ones Brighter than a billion suns Twinkle, twinkle, quasi-star How I wonder what you are.”
-- George GamowSource : George Gamow (1965). “Matter, Earth, and Sky”
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“There was a young fellow from Trinity, Who took the square root of infinity. But the number of digits, Gave him the fidgets; He dropped Math and took up Divinity.”
-- George GamowSource : "One, Two, Three...Infinity". Book by George Gamow, 1947.
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“Whereas all humans have approximately the same life expectancy the life expectancy of stars varies as much as from that of a butterfly to that of an elephant.”
-- George GamowSource : George Gamow (1970). “A Star Called the Sun”
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“So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.”
-- George GamowSource : "Interview with George Gamow", by Charles Weiner at Professor Gamow's home in Boulder, Colorado, April 25, 1968.
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“Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever made in his life.”
-- George GamowSource : George Gamow (1970). “My world line; an informal autobiography”, Viking Adult
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Source : "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VIII, Chapter 9, 1735.
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“All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him.”
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“It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.”
Source : "Alexander McQueen Exhibition Extended Until August 7th" by Margie Goldsmith, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 8, 2011.
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“I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it.”
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