Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein. How the Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Were Made

Georgy Gamov - a world-renowned physicist, a brilliant popularizer of science, covers the evolution of scientific ideas from Antiquity to the mid-20th century in his book.

The author introduces the reader to the discoveries of Archimedes, Kepler, Galileo, and other great scientists of the past, vividly reproduces the experiments of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday, and explains the phenomena of quantum mechanics, the principles of atomic and nuclear physics, and the theory of elementary particles in a lively and accessible manner.

In discussing the scientific discoveries of the 20th century, Georgy Gamov shares personal memories of Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other brilliant physicists he had the chance to work with and make scientific discoveries. The book is illustrated with the author's sketches and drawings.