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008			110806s2012 flua 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781439849460 (hbk.)
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050	0	0	_aQC611.96 _b.A16 2012
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084			_aSCI055000 _aSCI077000 _aTEC021000 _2bisacsh
245	0	0	_a100 years of superconductivity / _cedited by Horst Rogalla and Peter H. Kes.
246	3		_aOne hundred years of superconductivity
260			_aBoca Raton : _bCRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, _cc2012.
300			_axxxiii, 830 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"Written at an introductory level, this book reviews the development in the understanding of superconductivity since its discovery 100 years ago. It provides details of the development of superconductivity and an evaluation of the present status of the field, including superconducting materials and their applications. Ideal for those working in the field or in allied subjects as well as for students meeting the topic for the first time, the book covers theory, materials, sensors, digital electronics, microwave applications, metrology, medical applications, wires and tapes, and large scale applications"--
520			_a"Preface Superconductivity came as a big surprise. But more amazing perhaps is that even hundred years after its discovery this peculiar phenomenon continues to bring us new surprises. The research of superconductivity is characterized by times of relative quietness, interrupted by periods of exciting activities, often preceded by fundamental breakthroughs that later won Nobel Prizes in physics or chemistry. "Fundamental" can in this case both relate to an emerging theoretical insight and to a new class of materials displaying entirely unforeseen properties. In both cases, the prospect of new applications has been an important drive for commercial ambitions. In meantime applications of superconductivity have found its place in science and industry; just like superconductivity in general, there were periods of quiet progress and stormy phases-but overall a steady progress took place, e.g., high-Tc superconductors were judged in the beginning as "never applicable in high magnetic fields" because of their grain boundary problem. In the meantime they are essential building blocks for the creation of very high permanent fields: the result of excellent ideas and the cooperation between fundamental and applied scientists. Superconducting magnets for MRI can be found in any major hospital, and high-energy physics without superconducting magnets is practically unthinkable. A similar breathtaking development took place in superconducting electronics: quantum-limited detectors, quantum information processing, MEG and MCG, high-speed computing, and analog-todigital and digital-to-analog converters with quantum precision, incorporating 10,000's of Josephson junctions, are available. It seems only to be a question of time (and cooling) until they will enter the industrial product cycl"--
650		0	_aSuperconductors _xResearch _xHistory.
650		0	_aSuperconductors _xIndustrial applications.
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Physics _2bisacsh.
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Solid State Physics _2bisacsh.
650		7	_aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science _2bisacsh.
700	1		_aRogalla, H. _q(Horst)
700	1		_aKes, P. H. _q(Peter H.)
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