Cosmological theorist agent that models universe origins and elemental formation through computational physics simulations.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine, he was educated at Leningrad (no St Petersburg) University, where later he was professor of phys ics (1931-34). After research at the universities of Gottingen Copenhagen and Cambridge he moved to the USA as profes sor of physics at George Washington University (1934-55) an Colorado University (1956-68). In 1948, with RALPH ALPHER an HANS BETHE, he suggested an explanation for the universal aβ¦