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=== Popular === * ''[[The Birth and Death of the Sun]]'' (1940, revised 1952) * ''The Biography of the Earth'' (1941) * ''Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life'' (1946) * ''[[One Two Three ... Infinity]]'' (1947, revised 1961), Viking Press (copyright renewed by Barbara Gamow, 1974), Dover Publications, {{ISBN|0-486-25664-2}}, illustrated by the author. Dedicated to his son, [[Igor Gamow]], it remains one of the most well received ever in the popular science genre. The book winds from [[mathematics]] to [[biology]], to [[physics]], [[crystallography]], and more. * ''The Moon'' (1953) * {{Cite book|last1=Gamow|first1=George|last2=Stern|first2=Marvin|title=Puzzle-Math|publisher=Viking Press|isbn=978-0-333-08637-7|date=1958}} * ''Biography of Physics'' [[Harper & Brothers]] (1961) {{ASIN|B000UULZIG}} * ''Gravity'' (1962) Dover Publications, {{ISBN|0-486-42563-0}}. Profiles of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Isaac Newton|Newton]], and [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] * ''A Planet Called Earth'' (1963) * ''A Star Called the Sun'' (1964) * ''Thirty Years That Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory'', 1966, Dover Publications, {{ISBN|0-486-24895-X}}. * ''My World Line: An Informal Autobiography'' (1970) Viking Press, {{ISBN|0-670-50376-2}} ==== ''Mr Tompkins'' series ==== Throughout these books, [[Mr Tompkins]] is introduced as "C. G. H. Tompkins" to emphasize the notion of [[cGh physics]]. * ''Mr Tompkins in Wonderland'' (1940) originally published 1938 in serial form in ''Discovery'' magazine (UK) * ''Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom'' (1945) ** ''Mr Tompkins in Paperback'' (1965), combines ''Mr Tompkins in Wonderland'' with ''Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom'', Cambridge University Press; 1993 Canto edition, foreword by [[Roger Penrose]] ** ''The New World of Mr Tompkins'' (1999), coauthor [[Russell Stannard]] updated ''Mr Tompkins in Paperback'' ({{ISBN|9780521630092}} hardcover) * ''Mr Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life'' (1953), about biology ** ''Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself'' (1967), coauthor [[Martynas YΔas]] revised ''Mr Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life'' giving a broader view of biology, including recent developments in molecular biology [[File:Theory of Atomic Nucleus-2.jpg|alt=Title page of a 1949 copy of "Theory of Atomic Nucleus and Nuclear Energy-Sources"|thumb|282x282px|Title page of a 1949 copy of "Theory of Atomic Nucleus and Nuclear Energy-Sources"]]
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