{"product_id":"fritz-london-a-scientific-biography-paperback-9780521023191","title":"Fritz London; A Scientific Biography (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521023191","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFritz London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Scientific Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed account of the life and work of an influential theoretical physicist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKostas Gavroglu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521023191, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 22 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.515 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book should be of special interest to physicists working in the fields pioneered by Fritz London, shedding light on a host of famous figures from the recent past.' European Journal of Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFritz London was one of the twentieth century's key figures in the development of theoretical physics. A quiet and self-effacing man, he was one of the founders of quantum chemistry, and was the first to give a phenomenological explanation of superconductivity. This thoroughly researched biography gives a detailed account of London's life and work in Munich, Berlin, Oxford, Paris, and finally in the United States. Covering a fascinating period in the development of theoretical physics, and containing an appraisal of London's work by the late John Bardeen, this book will be of great interest to physicists, chemists, and to anyone interested in the history of science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. From Philosophy to Physics: The years that left nothing unaffected\u003cbr\u003e 1. The appeal of ideas\u003cbr\u003e 2. Goëthe as a scientist\u003cbr\u003e 3. How absolute is our knowledge?\u003cbr\u003e 4. How do we come to know things?\u003cbr\u003e 5. London's teachers in philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Husserl's teachings\u003cbr\u003e 7. Expectations of things to come\u003cbr\u003e 8. The thesis in philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tolman's principle of similitude\u003cbr\u003e 10. The necessary clarifications\u003cbr\u003e 11. Work on quantum theory\u003cbr\u003e 12. Transformation theory\u003cbr\u003e 13. Unsuccessful attempts at unification\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Years in Berlin and the Beginnings of Quantum Chemistry: The mysterious bond\u003cbr\u003e 14. London in Zürich\u003cbr\u003e 15. Binding forces\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Pauli principle\u003cbr\u003e 17. Reactions to the Heitler-London paper\u003cbr\u003e 18. Polyelectronic molecules and the application of group theory to problems of chemical valence\u003cbr\u003e 19. Chemists as physicists?\u003cbr\u003e 20. London's first contacts in Berlin\u003cbr\u003e 21. Marriage\u003cbr\u003e 22. Job offers\u003cbr\u003e 23. Intermolecular forces\u003cbr\u003e 24. The book which could not be written\u003cbr\u003e 25. Leningrad and Rome\u003cbr\u003e 26. Difficulties with group theory\u003cbr\u003e 27. Linus Pauling's resonance structures\u003cbr\u003e 28. Robert Mulliken's molecular orbitals\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Oxford and Superconductivity: The rise of the Nazis\u003cbr\u003e 29. Going to Oxford\u003cbr\u003e 30. Lindemann, Simon and Heinz London\u003cbr\u003e 31. Electricity in the very cold\u003cbr\u003e 32. The end of old certainties\u003cbr\u003e 33. The thermodynamic treatment\u003cbr\u003e 34. The theory of Fritz and Heinz London\u003cbr\u003e 35. Initial reactions by von Laue\u003cbr\u003e 36. The discussion at the Royal Society\u003cbr\u003e 37. Termination of the ICI fellowship\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Paris and Superfluidity: The Front Populaire\u003cbr\u003e 38. The article in Nature 1937 and 'Nouvelle Conception'\u003cbr\u003e 39. Laue again\u003cbr\u003e 40. The structure of solid helium\u003cbr\u003e 41. The peculiar properties of helium\u003cbr\u003e 42. Bose-Einstein condensation\u003cbr\u003e 43. The note in Nature\u003cbr\u003e 44. The two-fluid model\u003cbr\u003e 45. The trip to Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 46. Leaving again\u003cbr\u003e 47. The observer in quantum mechanics\u003cbr\u003e Part V. United States and the Typing up of Loose Ends: Duke University, North Carolina\u003cbr\u003e 48. The Soviet Union, Kapitza and Landau\u003cbr\u003e 49. The war years\u003cbr\u003e 50. The 1946 Cambridge Conference\u003cbr\u003e Unsettled and unsettling issues in superfluidity and superconductivity\u003cbr\u003e 51. Heisenberg's theory and London's program for a microscopic theory\u003cbr\u003e 52. More problems with Laue\u003cbr\u003e Hopeful signs from helium-3\u003cbr\u003e 53. 'Second sound' at very low temperatures\u003cbr\u003e 54. Writing Superfluids\u003cbr\u003e 55. The trip to Europe\u003cbr\u003e 56. Some developments in superconductivity\u003cbr\u003e 57. An ugly finale\u003cbr\u003e 58. Could Landau be right?\u003cbr\u003e 59. The worrisome realities of the post-war era\u003cbr\u003e 60. The second volume of Superfluids\u003cbr\u003e 61. William Fairbank\u003cbr\u003e 62. Further developments\u003cbr\u003e 63. The Lorentz Model\u003cbr\u003e 64. Consultantship at Los Alamos and the interview for security clearance\u003cbr\u003e 65. The last days\u003cbr\u003e List of publications of Fritz London\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006168813848,"sku":"9780521023191","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521023191i.jpg?v=1694963619","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fritz-london-a-scientific-biography-paperback-9780521023191","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}