“ If and when all the laws governing physical phenomena are finally discovered, and all the empirical constants occurring in these laws are finally expressed through the four independent basic constants… George Gamow
“ 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
“ No importa cuánto te agrade una teoría: si los resultados experimentales la refutan, habrá que arrojarla a la basura. George Gamow
“ —Disculpe, pero ¿podría decirme por qué yo no tengo compañero, mientras que todos los demás lo tienen? —le gritó. —¿Por qué? ¡Porque éste es un átomo impar y tú eres el electrón de valenciaaa…! George Gamow
“ Since the atoms are indestructible, the disintegration of human body after death should be actually considered as the dispersion of the separate filaments (except probably those forming the bones) in… George Gamow
“ Se supone que el Demonio de Maxwell era un personaje muy hábil, capaz de observar cada molécula y cambiar a su antojo la dirección del movimiento de la misma. George Gamow
“ It is well known that theoretical physicists cannot handle experimental equipment; it breaks whenever they touch it. Pauli was such a good theoretical physicist that something usually broke in the lab… George Gamow