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At the beginning of the Russia-Japan war in 1904, church congregations throughout Russia prayed for he destruction of their enemy. When a massive earthquake decimated Japan in 1923, a physicist claimed that God lives 9.5 light years from Earth.

Author: Ernst Peter Fischer

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Georg Gamow It was the Russian physicist George Gamow, who has gained widespead recognition through James Watson’s book ”Genes, Girls and Gamow“. As a scientist, Gamow was acknowledged for his contribution to atomic theory. However, he was also good for a practical joke. In 1948 he put forward, in all seriosness, the original big bang model for the creation of the universe.