Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Stephen Blundell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019954090X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
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 phenomena, this Very Short Introduction also explores the deep implications of the theory, and its potential to revolutionize the physics and technology of the future.

Magnetism: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Stephen J. Blundell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199601208
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
What is that strange and mysterious force that pulls one magnet towards another, yet seems to operate through empty space? This is the elusive force of magnetism. Stephen J. Blundell considers early theories of magnetism, the discovery that Earth is a magnet, and the importance of magnetism in modern technology.

Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Stephen J. Blundell
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191579092
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
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 scientific detective story, and an intelligible insight into some deep and beautiful ideas of physics. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

The Periodic Table

Author: Eric R. Scerri
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198842325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
Eric R. Scerri presents a modern and fresh exploration of this fundamental topic in the physical sciences, considering the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics. This new edition celebrates the completion of the 7th period of the table, with the naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118

Michael Faraday: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Frank A.J.L James
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199574316
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
Known as the 'father' of electrical engineering, Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank A.J.L James looks at Faraday's life and works, examining the institutional context in which he lived and worked, his scientific research, and his continuing legacy in science today.

Superconductivity, Superfluids and Condensates

Author: James F. Annett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198507567
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
This textbook series has been designed for final year undergraduate and first year graduate students, providing an overview of the entire field showing how specialized topics are part of the wider whole, and including references to current areas of literature and research.

Introduction to Superconductivity

Author: Michael Tinkham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486435032
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
Accessible to graduate students and experimental physicists, this volume emphasizes physical arguments and minimizes theoretical formalism. Topics include the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer and Ginzburg-Landau theories, magnetic properties of classic type II superconductors, the Josephson effect, fluctuation effects in classic superconductors, high-temperature superconductors, and nonequilibrium superconductivity. 109 figures. 1996 edition.

Theory of Fluctuations in Superconductors

Author: Anatoly Larkin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191523704
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description
This book presents a complete encyclopedia of superconducting fluctuations, summarising the last thirty-five years of work in the field. The first part of the book is devoted to an extended discussion of the Ginzburg-Landau phenomenology of fluctuations in its thermodynamical and time-dependent versions and its various applications. The second part deals with microscopic justification of the Ginzburg-Landau approach and presents the diagrammatic theory of fluctuations. The third part is devoted to a less-detailed review of the manifestation of fluctuations in observables: diamagnetism, magnetoconductivity, various tunneling characteristics, thermoelectricity, and NMR relaxation. The final chapters turn to the manifestation of fluctuations in unconventional superconducting systems: nanodrops, nanorings, Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless state, quantum phase transition between superconductor and insulator, and thermal and quantum fluctuations in weak superconducting systems. The book ends with a brief discussion on theories of high temperature superconductivity, where fluctuations appear as the possible protagonist of this exciting phenomenon.

Soft Matter: a Very Short Introduction

Author: Tom McLeish
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198807139
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Tom McLeish delves into the growing field of soft matter - the study of materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and foams. Looking beneath their appearance to their inner structure, he discusses their shared physical properties, the principle of Brownian Motion that underlies all soft matter, and the applications of these materials.

Theory of Nonequilibrium Superconductivity

Author: N. B. Kopnin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198507888
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 716

Book Description
This text deals with the behaviour of superconductors in external fields varying in time, and with transport phenomena in superconductors.