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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUW_announcement-of-the-atomic-age_Washington-DC.html
On this campus, January 26, 1939, Nobel Laureate Niels Bohr reported the splitting of the uranium nucleus with the release of two hundred million electron volts of energy, thus heralding the beginning of the atomic age. This announcement took plac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUS_edward-teller_Washington-DC.html
This plaque commemorates the seminal research of the renowned Dr. Edward Teller during his tenure at The George Washington University.
By agreement with GW Professor George Gamow, President Cloyd Heck Marvin invited the Hungarian-born Teller to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUM_george-gamow_Washington-DC.html
Gamow (1904-1968) is renowned for developing the "Big Bang Theory" of the universe (1948); explaining nuclear alpha decay by quantum tunneling (1928); describing, with Edward Teller, spin-induced nuclear beta decay (1936); pioneering the liquid-dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUH_george-washington_Washington-DC.html
An authorized cast bronze by the Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) which stands in the State Capitol at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased by The George Washington University in 1932 on the occasion of the Georg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMX_aleksandr-pushkin_Washington-DC.html
During his all too brief life, Aleksandr Pushkin created a body of literary works of astonishing, life-affirming beauty. Deeply attached to his Russian and African roots, Pushkin's genius was devoted to the values of honor, freedom and individual …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMW_gws-river-horse_Washington-DC.html
Legend has it that the Potomac was once home to these wondrous beasts. George and Martha Washington are even said to have watched them cavort inthe river shallows from the porch of their beloved Mount Vernon on summer evenings. Credited with enhan…