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What is superconductivity? How was it discovered? What are the properties of superconductors, how are they applied now, and how are they likely to become widely used in the near future? These are just some of the questions which this important book sets out to answer. Starting with the discovery of superconductivity over ninety years ago, the book guides the readers through the many years of subsequent exploration, right up to the latest sensational findings. Written in a lively, nontechnical style, this book makes ideal background reading for any school or college level study of superconducti

Superconductivity. --- Electric conductivity. --- Conductivity, Electric --- Free electron theory of metals --- Transport theory --- Electric conductivity --- Critical currents --- Superfluidity