Superconductivity
A Very Short Introduction
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- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2009
Summary
Superconductivity 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 scie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199540907 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019954090X |
| Author: | Stephen J. Blundell |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 111mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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“Superconductivity is an excellent addition to Oxford’s ‘Very Short Introductions’ series. Blundell effectively weaves the history of discovery with theoretical understanding in a seamless, entertaining fashion. The reader is provided with both the progression of ideas and an insightful glimpse at the personalities involved in unraveling the phenomenon of superconductivity…Highly recommended.” –CHOICE Reviews
About The Author
Stephen J. Blundell
Stephen Blundell completed his undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge.
He then moved to the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford, where he held an SERC research fellowship. This was followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College. During this time, he began research in organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation.
In 1997, he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, Oxford. He was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor.
He was a joint winner of the Daiwa-Adrian Prize in 1999 for his work on organic magnets.
Published Works:
- Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP 2001)
- Concepts in Thermal Physics (OUP 2006, with K.M. Blundell)
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