Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction

• Superconductivity was one of the greatest discoveries of 20th century physics, and the theory that emerged one of the most beautiful and extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics
• Explains the many strange phenomena observed in superconducting materials
• Explores the deep implications of superconductivity theory, and its potential to revolutionize the physics and technology of the future
• Examines the very latest developments in high-temperature superconductivity, and the various and conflicting efforts to understand the phenomenon

Readership: Readers of popular science, and physics students.

Stephen J. Blundell, Professor of Physics, Oxford University Department of Physics and Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford

1: What is superconductivity?
2: The quest for low temperatures
3: The discovery of superconductivity
4: Expulsion
5: Pairing up
6: Symmetry
7: Before the breakthrough
8: High-temperature superconductivity
9: The making of the new superconductors
10: What have superconductors ever done for us?
Dramatis personae
Further Reading
Index