SUPERCONDUCTIVITY |
Subtitle:
A Very Short Introduction
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Book Category:
Science > General
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Author:
Blundell, Stephen
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 13:
9780199540907
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Price:
USD 11.95
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Publication Year:
2009
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Publisher Info
Kimberly Craven,
Oxford University Press,198 Madison Ave.,
New York ,
New York - 10016-4314,USA
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Book Description
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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