Description Proceedings of the Gamow Memorial International Conference Editors: G.S. Bisnovaty-Kogan, S. Silich, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, A. Zhuk The Gamow Memorial International Conference was held in Odessa, Ukraine in August 2004. The conference was dedicated to 100th anniversary of George Gamow, one of the most prominent scientists of the twentieth century. His major scientific achievements include the development of the alpha and beta decay theory and the Big Bang theory of the expanding universe. The conference covered key topics including cosmology and gravitation; large scale structure of the universe; gravitational lenses in the universe. 2006    Pbk     ISBN 978-1-904868-38-5    400pp