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Title: Superconductivity - The Threshold of a New Technology
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Limited, John
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 083069322X
ISBN 13: 9780830693221
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 4th Edition
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 0.76 pounds

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Describes the properties of superconductivity, discusses its possible applications in power systems, electronics, medicine, and transportation, and surveys current research

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Alhough first discovered in 1911, superconductivitythe phenomenon whereby some materials lose their resistance to electricity at certain temperaturesis currently one of the hottest research topics in experimental and applied physics. Mayo provides a nontechnical, state-of-the-art overview of superconductivity, its technology, and future prospects. After a background explanation of how the phenomenon works and how superconductors are constructed, Mayo describes and comments on the applications of superconductivity in such fields as electrical power, electronics, medical and scientific research, transportation, and the military. Profusely illustrated with a good bibliography drawn largely from non- or semitechnical popularizations. Hazen attempts to do for superconductivity what James Watson did for DNA in The Double Helix . A Washington-based crystallographer who has worked closely with Paul Chu's research group at the University of Houston, Hazen presents an insider's view of the intensely competitive, worldwide race to be first in discovering a reliable, stable, high-temperature semiconductor. In addition to humanizing the big-name scientists, Hazen's story is one of intrigue, espionage, drama, and counterplot. Good reading and a contribution to the history of science. BOMC alternate. Donald J. Marion, Univ. of Minnesota Libs., Minneapolis
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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