Superconductivity a very short introduction offers a brief account of the history significance and theories of superconductivity discovered by dutch physicist heike kamerlingh onnes in 1911 the phenomenon is regarded as one of the greatest landmarks of 20th century physics it remains one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today and has the potential to revolutionize the physics and technology of the future this vsi explains the strange phenomena observed in . Superconductivity a very short introduction very short introductions blundell stephen j professor of physics oxford university department of physics and professorial fellow of mansfield college oxford isbn 9780199540907 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. What is superconductivity explains how superconductors fall entirely outside the realm of typical electrical conductors insulators and semi conductors exhibiting no resistance whatsoever and immune to the effects of joule heating the downside to these incredible properties is that they require the material to be supercooled to temperatures near absolute zero although it may be possible and would certainly be highly desirable to achieve superconductivity at room temperature . When talking about superconductivity one usually has a very specialist topic in mind which appears to be inaccessible to the non expert readership however superconductivity by stephen blundell