Lewis Larsen has just posted a presentation on W-L theory covering both history and theory. It is timely, since one of W-L's proponents (Y.N. Srivastava) will be co-presenting at CERN with Celani on March 22.
"A closer look at LENRs in condensed matter systems" http://www.slideshare.net/lewisglarsen/lattice-energy-llc300-nanoseconds-in-life-of-an-lenractive-patchfeb-29-2012 Especially with respect to transmutations, W-L theory makes a lot of verifiable/falsifiable predictions. Hopefully, the Celani-Srivastava presentation will motivate more experiments.