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Fritz London 1900–1954

JUL 01, 1954
An appreciation of his work presented at the joint Duke University and University of North Carolina Physics Colloquium, April 24, 1954.
L. W. Nordheim

As a friend of very long standing, I should like to say a few words in memory of Fritz London, who so prematurely passed away on March 30, 1954.

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References

  1. 1. Fritz London, Superfluids, John Wiley and Sons, Vol. 1, Macroscopic Theory of Superconductivity, 1950;
    Vol. 2, Macroscopic Theory of the Helium Superfluid, in press.

  2. 2. W. M. Fairbank, W. B. Ard, and G. K. Walters, Letter submitted to The Physical Review, “Fermi‐Dirac Degeneracy in Liquid Helium Below 1°.”

More about the authors

L. W. Nordheim, Duke University.

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