Fritz London
American German physicist (1900–1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fritz Wolfgang London (March 7, 1900 – March 30, 1954) was a German born physicist and professor at Duke University. His fundamental contributions to the theories of chemical bonding and of intermolecular forces (London dispersion forces) are today considered classic and are discussed in standard textbooks of physical chemistry. With his brother Heinz London, he made a significant contribution to understanding electromagnetic properties of superconductors with the London equations and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on five separate occasions.
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Born | Fritz Wolfgang London (1900-03-07)March 7, 1900 |
Died | March 30, 1954(1954-03-30) (aged 54) |
Nationality | German |
Citizenship | German, American |
Known for | Quantum chemistry London dispersion forces London equations[1] London moment London penetration depth |
Awards | Lorentz Medal (1953) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Duke University University of Berlin University of Oxford Collège de France |
Academic advisors | Max von Laue |
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