{"product_id":"discovering-superconductivity-book-gren-ireson-9781119991403","title":"Discovering Superconductivity","description":"Superconductivity is a quantum phenomenon that manifests itself in materials showing zero electrical resistance below a characteristic temperature resulting in the potential for an electric current to run continually through such a material without the need for a power source. Such materials are used extensively in medical and power applications, e.g. MRI and NMR machines. Discovering Superconductivity uses a series of practical and investigative activities, which can be used as tutor demonstrations or as student lab exercises.   This highly illustrated text features the following sections:     Introduction - including a brief history of superconductivity Superconductivity - an explanation of the phenomenon and its effects Superconducting materials – including High \u0026amp; Low temperature   superconductors Applications – how superconductivity is used in medical imaging, at CERN and in the Maglev trains   This text will serve as an excellent introduction for students, with or without a physics background, to superconductivity. With a strong practical, experimental emphasis, it provides readers with an overview of the topic preparing them for more advanced texts used in advanced undergraduate and post-graduate courses.   PowerPoint files of the figures presented within this text are available at: booksupport.wiley.com   A word from the author: \"The intention of this text is to introduce the reader to the study of superconductivity via a minds-on approach .... The minds-on approach takes this a stage further by requiring the learner to engage with the process to a greater extent.\"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49524534837521,"sku":"GOR013388997","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1119991404.jpg?v=1751111823","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/discovering-superconductivity-book-gren-ireson-9781119991403","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}