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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458861703321

Autore

Blundell Stephen <1967->

Titolo

Superconductivity [[electronic resource] ] : a very short introduction / / Stephen Blundell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612465772

1-282-46577-5

0-19-156823-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 151 p.) : ill

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 204

Disciplina

537.623

Soggetti

Superconductivity

Electric conductivity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Outlining the history of superconductivity, its discovery, and the race to understand its many mysterious phenomena, this text also explores the deep implications of the theory, and its potential to revolutionise the physics and technology of the future.