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020 _a9780199540907
082 _a537.623 BLU
100 _aBlundell, Stephen
245 _aSuperconductivity : A Very Short Introduction
260 _bOxford University Press
_aOxford
_c2009
300 _a151
440 _aVery Short Introductions
520 _aSuperconductivity is one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today. Outlining the history of its discovery, and the race to understand its many mysterious and counter-intuitive phenomena, this Very Short Introduction explains in accessible terms the theories that have been developed, and how they have influenced other areas of science, including the Higgs boson of particle physics and ideas about the early Universe. It is an engaging and informative account of a fascinating scientific detective story, and an intelligible insight into some deep and beautiful ideas of physics.
650 _aSuperconductivity
650 _aSuperconductors
650 _aElectricity
650 _aElectrodynamics
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