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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Subtitle:
A Very Short Introduction
Book Category:
Science > General
Author:
Blundell, Stephen
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 13:
9780199540907
Price:
USD 11.95
Publication Year:
2009

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Superconductivity--the flow of electric current without resistance in certain materials as temperatures near absolute zero--is one of the greatest discoveries of 20th century physics, but it can seem impenetrable to those who lack a solid scientific background. Outlining the fascinating history of how superconductivity was discovered, and the race to understand its many mysterious and counter-intuitive phenomena, Stephen Blundell explains in accessible terms the theories that have been developed to explain it, and how they have influenced other areas of science, including the Higgs boson of particle physics and ideas about the early Universe.

 

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