Fritz London : A scientific biography

Fritz London - A scientific Biography by Kostas Gavroglu, University of Athens, Greece, (Cambridge University Press, 1995) ISBN 0 521 43273 1 hardback

 

Contents:

  1. From philosophy to physics,
  2. The years in Berlin and the beginnings of quantum chemistry, 
  3. Oxford and superdconductivity,
  4. Paris and superfluidity,
  5. Tying up loose ends: London in the USA
  6. Afterword by John Bardeen: Background leading to the microscopic theory of superconductivity.
  7. Publications by Fritz London
  8. Bibliography


The dust cover, shown on this page, is a portrait of F. London by his wife Edith London, a noted artist. This portrait was executed a few months before London's death at his request.