George Gamow famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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 Î› rears its ugly head again and again and again.
-- George Gamow

#Greek #Ugly #Letters
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 Gamow

#Stars #Men #Years
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 Gamow

#Running #Distance #Space
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 Gamow

#Stars #Afar #Sun
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 Gamow

#Math #Roots #Numbers
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 Gamow

#Stars #Butterfly #Science
So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.
-- George Gamow

#Waiting #Listening #Sitting
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 Gamow

#Problem #Made #Blunders

For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.
Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.
Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.
All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him.
It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.
I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it.
The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.
Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.
Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

George Gamow famous quotes

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