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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"This book is a case study that will be of long-term value to scientists, science policy makers and those interested in understanding hoe their interactions with the media and public have changed." Simon Foner, Physics Today
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"Perils of a Restless Planet is exciting reading. It would be superb for a lower-division course emphasizing the methodologies of science and engineering, the importance of humility in the face of natural powers and the value of good design." Paul P. Craig, Physics Today
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This book analyzes the remarkable discovery of high-temperature superconductivity and its aftermath. It focuses on the perspectives of working scientists, science policy makers, industry and the media in obtaining research funds and setting up national programs. The authors provide detailed analysis of the strategies scientists use to shape their research environment, including the promises made about potential applications. Particular attention is given to the new role played by the media. High-temperature superconductivity is interpreted as a case history, in which the present rapid changes that the culture of science undergoes are brought together in a unique way.
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Discovered in 1911 at temperatures near absolute zero, superconductivity is the loss of resistance to electrical current some materials display when cooled below a "critical temperature". Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
superconductivity initiative, superconductivity community, extended lab, conventional superconductivity, higher critical temperatures, superconductivity research, innovation machinery, national research programs, national research systems, potential technological applications, new research field, new superconductors, levitated trains, hybrid communities, science administrators, flux pinning, industrial connection, conventional superconductors, technological dreams, interview partners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Nobel Prize, New York Times, Paul Chu, President Reagan, Bell Labs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bernd Matthias, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal, Department of Defense, Physical Review Letters, University of Houston, World War, American Physical Society, Dorothy Nelkin, Solla Price, Swiss National Science Foundation, Asea Brown Boveri, Daimler Benz, Georg Bednorz, Paul Scherrer Institute New!
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Discovered in 1911 at temperatures near absolute zero, superconductivity is the loss of resistance to electrical current some materials display when cooled below a "critical temperature". Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
superconductivity initiative, superconductivity community, extended lab, conventional superconductivity, higher critical temperatures, superconductivity research, innovation machinery, national research programs, national research systems, potential technological applications, new research field, new superconductors, levitated trains, hybrid communities, science administrators, flux pinning, industrial connection, conventional superconductors, technological dreams, interview partners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Nobel Prize, New York Times, Paul Chu, President Reagan, Bell Labs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bernd Matthias, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal, Department of Defense, Physical Review Letters, University of Houston, World War, American Physical Society, Dorothy Nelkin, Solla Price, Swiss National Science Foundation, Asea Brown Boveri, Daimler Benz, Georg Bednorz, Paul Scherrer Institute New!
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- Dimensions of Creativity (Bradford Books) by Margaret A. Boden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Prometheus Bound: Science in a Dynamic 'Steady State' by John M. Ziman in Back Matter
- Getting the Message (STEP - Design and Technology 5-16) by STEP 5-16 Design and Technology in Back Matter
- Public Policy by Christopher A. Simon in Back Matter
- Making News by Gaye Tuchman in Back Matter
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- Zeroing In on the Year 2000: The Final Edition (Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century) by George E. Marcus on page 299
- Real Science: What it Is and What it Means by John Ziman in Back Matter
- Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change by Rosalind Williams in Back Matter
- Who Gives a Gigabyte: A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed (Wiley Popular Science) by Gary Stix in Back Matter
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