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After the Breakthrough - The Emergence of High-Temperature Superconductivity as a Research Field (Paperback, Revised) Loot Price: R1,281

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After the Breakthrough - The Emergence of High-Temperature Superconductivity as a Research Field (Paperback, Revised): Helga...

After the Breakthrough - The Emergence of High-Temperature Superconductivity as a Research Field (Paperback, Revised)

Helga Nowotny, Ulrike Felt

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The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, inducing an unprecedented wave of excitement and expectation among the scientific community and in the international press. This book sets this research breakthrough in context, and reconstructs the history of the discovery. The authors analyze the emergence of this new research field and the way its development was shaped by scientists and science policy makers. They also examine the various institutional and national settings in which the research was undertaken as well as considering the scientific backgrounds and motivations of researchers who entered the field following the original discovery.

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Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	1997
Authors:	Helga Nowotny • Ulrike Felt
Dimensions:	236 x 191 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-52479-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism Promotions
LSN:	0-521-52479-2
Barcode:	9780521524797