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Lot #151
George Gamow Autograph Letter Signed: "Hope to plunge again in the nuclear buzness on my arrival"

"I have not done much physics last month (Bohr was away to Russia)," writes Gamow as he comes to America, "but hope to plunge again in the nuclear buzness on my arrival"

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"I have not done much physics last month (Bohr was away to Russia)," writes Gamow as he comes to America, "but hope to plunge again in the nuclear buzness on my arrival"

Influential Russian-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968) who was a leading advocate of the 'Big Bang' theory. ALS signed “G. Gamow,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, June 6, 1934. Handwritten letter to physicist Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, professor at the University of Michigan, written from Copenhagen while en route to America. In part: "Thank you very much for your kind letter with complete indications how to deal with American customers and passport-controllers. I will try to follow these indications and hope successfully as I am well educated by the corresponding officials on the Russian fron[t]ier. It is so extremely pity that I will not see you in Ann-Arbor but I hope that we shall meet in some other point of the earth surface…I have not done much physics last month (Bohr was away to Russia and we mainely spend the time on the strand and in cinema) but hope to plunge again in the nuclear buzness on my arrival to Ann-Arbor." In fine condition. Fleeing increasing oppression in Russia, Gamow attempted to defect several times during the early 1930s and in 1934 finally settled in the United States, where he became a professor at George Washington University.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Science & Technology and Animation
  • Dates: November 22, 2024 - December 11, 2024





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