After the Breakthrough
Subtitle: The Emergence of High-Temperature Superconductivity as a Research Field
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780521524797
Subjects: Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism; History of science; Science/Mathematics; Science; History; Superconductors & Superconductivity; High temperature superconductivity--Research-; High temperature superconductivity--Research--History; Science / History; Technology / General; Technology-Superconductors & Superconductivity
First sentence: Discovered in 1911 at temperatures near absolute zero, superconductivity is the loss of resistance to electrical current some materials display when cooled below a "critical temperature".