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'The Galloping Gamows' is the story of artist, inventor and biophysicist Igor Gamow and his, father, the renowned physicist, George Gamow, who developed the Big Bang Theory of the Universe. As a young man, Igor Gamow led the life of a bohemian artist and became an accomplished ballet dancer in Leon Fokine's National Ballet Company. Igor went on to become a professor of biophysics and a renowned inventor. His father, George Gamow played a significant role in developing nuclear physics and astrophysics. He made seminal discoveries in atomic physics working with Niels Bohr and Ernest Rutherford;...

Director and author Peter Garrity have created a biopic on a pair of eccentric scientists, Igor and George Gamow, who in the late 1960's were both professors at the University of Colorado. Their scientific contributions spans a wide range from George Gamow's "Big Bang Theory" of the universe to Igor's creation of the Gamow Bag, an invention that has become an indispensable piece of equipment in high altitude mountaineering. From George's daring escape from Russia to Igor's early career as a ballet dancer, it is the story of two adventurous men. Included is a rare interview with Edward Teller,...