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Richard Feynman and the History of Superconductivity

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Phys. perspect. 2 (2000) 30–47 © Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2000 1422–6944/00/020030–18 $ 1.50+0.20/0 Richard Feynman and the History of Superconductivity David Goodstein* and Judith Goodstein** This paper deals with two topics. One is the history of superconductivity, and the other is what Richard Feynman had to do with it. The history of superconductivity can be traced back to Michael Faraday and the first liquefaction of a gas in 1823. It is a heroic tale of triumph over cold and resistance, and once the phenomenon was actually discovered in…

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