George Gamow
George Gamow

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

George Gamow
George Gamow

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
George Gamow

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

George Gamow
George Gamow

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

George Gamow
George Gamow

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