Superconductivity: The Century Of Dreams, Discoveries And Disappointments
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1911 Discovery of Superconductivity
1986 Discovery of High-Tc Superconductors
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Abrikosov Vortices
Alexei Abrikosov
Alfred Brian Pippard
Anatoly Larkin
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BCS Theory (1957)
Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Brothers London
Bryan Josephson
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Cooper pairs
Creep
Critical Magnetic field (Hc)
Critical Temperature (Tc)
Cuprates
Don Misener
Energy Transmission
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Fluctuations
forthcoming
Fullerenes
Fusion Reactors (e.g.
Ginzburg-Landau Equations
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
High-temperature Superconductors (HTS)
History of Cryogenics
Hydrides
Isotopic Effect
ITER)
Ivar Giaver
Jack Allen
Johannes Georg Bednorz and Karl Alexander MAfA 1/4 ller
Johannes Georg Bednorz and Karl Alexander Muller
John Bardeen
John MacLennon
Josephson Effect
Josephson junction
Kazumi Maki
La'szlo Tisza
LAfA!'szlAfA3 Tisza
Leiden Laboratory
Leon Cooper
Lev Aslamazov
Lev Landau
Lev Shubnikov
Liquid Helium
London Equations
Maglev Trains
Magnetic Flux Expulsion
Meissner-Ochsenfeld Effect
Mickael Kosterlitz and David Thouless
MRI machines
Mykola Bogolyubov
Particle Accelerators
Philip Anderson
Pinning
Pnictides
Pyotr Kapitsa
Quantum Computing
Quantum Mechanics
Robert Ochsenfeld
Robert Schrieffer
Second Order Phase Transitions
SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device)
Superconducting Magnets
Superconductivity
Superconductivity Timeline
Superfluidity
Tunnel Effect
Type I Superconductor
Type II Superconductor
Vitaly Ginzburg
Vortex Lattice
Walther Meissner
YBCO (Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide)
Yuriy Ovchinnikov
Zero Resistance
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- ISBN 9789819825066
- Publication Date: 29 Jul 2026
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication City/Country: SG
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book recounts the story of superconductivity — the ability of certain materials to conduct electric current without any resistance and heat generation — one of the most remarkable and enigmatic physical phenomena discovered in the 20th century. For decades, it defied explanation. The book opens with the historical context of its discovery in 1911, tracing the early excitement and subsequent frustrations, the relentless search for new superconducting materials, and the uncovering of their extraordinary properties.The first insights and misconceptions in the search for an understanding of the nature of superconductivity, conjectures about its quantum nature, the discovery and rapid explanation of a related phenomenon, superfluidity, and then more wandering in the dark.Forty-six years after the original discovery, the mystery was finally unraveled: the quantum mechanisms of superconductivity were understood, and the corresponding equations were formulated. One of the key barriers to practical use — superconductors' incompatibility with noticeable magnetic fields — was overcome. Yet, a major challenge remained: superconductivity only occurred at extremely low temperatures, close to that of liquid helium.It would take another thirty years before this limitation was broken. Seventy-five years after superconductivity was first observed in mercury at 4.15 K, researchers began synthesizing new superconductors whose critical temperatures rose dramatically — several times over in a matter of months — and ultimately exceeded the boiling point (77 K) of inexpensive liquid nitrogen and approaching ambient winter temperatures.The final chapters of the book focus on this modern era of superconductivity research and its real-world applications. But more than just a scientific account, the book celebrates the people behind the progress — those whose creativity and persistence brought us high-speed magnetic levitation trains, non-invasive medical imaging, efficient energy storage and transmission, ultra-sensitive sensors, and the foundations of quantum technology.
