Showing posts with label George Gamov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Gamov. Show all posts

Monday, June 16, 2014

Daily Dose

From Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe, by Simon Singh

THE ELEMENTS

"George Gamov had once boasted: 'The elements were cooked in less time than it takes to cook a dish of duck and roast  potatoes.'"

From Cosmic Alchemy