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Varshni, Y.P. (2007). Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1455
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