The Cold Wars: A History of Superconductivity
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813532957 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Cold Wars is an enormously informative history of the development of the fascinating subject of superconductivity -- Elihu Abrahams, Rutgers University
Among the most peculiar of matter’s strange behaviors is superconductivity¾simply described as electric current without resistance¾discovered in 1911. With the 1986 discovery that, contrary to previous expectations, superconductivity was possible at temperatures well above absolute zero, research into practical applications has flourished. The quest to reach it has lured scientists for several centuries revealing interesting and unexpected phenomena along the way. There is no temperature below absolute zero, and, in fact, zero itself is impossible to reach. Cold Wars will be of equal interest to students of physics and the history of science and technology, and general readers interested in story behind this remarkable phenomenon. . Atoms move more slowly at low temperat
A Customer said Cold Wars and Nobel Prizes. A Fascinating and timely Scientific History! The new translation of Matricon and Waysand's book "Cold Wars" by Charles Glashausser, is extraordinarily timely and provides much of the background needed to understand the award of this year's Nobel Prize to Abrikosov, Ginzburg and Leggett, for their contributions to the understanding of superconductivity and superfluidity. The book is written in a alluring style, with a superb translation by Glashausser that will be of interest to physicist and non-physicist alike, and tells the tale of trial and tribulation that led to the understanding of superconductivity.. Cold Wars, Hot Translation This book did not get the audience it deserved in its original French. With its meticulous yet spirited translation into English, it should catch fire, gripping physicists and laypeople alike with its timely commentary about classic thermodynamic issues.
Jean Matricon taught physics at the Universite Denis Diderot (Paris VII), where he conducted theoretical research on superconductivity and other topics in condensed matter physics. . Charles Glashausser is a professor of physics at Rutgers University and chair of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical S