Introduction to Superconductivity, Second Edition (International Series in Solid State Physics; V. 6) [Paperback]

A C ROSE-INNES (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1978 | ISBN-10: 0080216528 | ISBN-13: 978-0080216522 | Edition: 2

Introduction to Superconductivity has become an essential part of many undergraduate courses. This revised edition has a new chapter covering high temperature superconductivity as well as a significant number of other updates and revisions. The authors have aimed to explain as clearly as possible the basic phenomena and concepts of superconductivity in a manner which will be understood by those with no previous knowledge of the field and only a modest acquaintance with solid state physics. Their success in this aim can be measured by the widespread acceptance of this book as one of the finest textbooks in the field

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'This book is well illustrated and would be suitable for use as a textbook, or as an introduction for those with no previous knowledge of the subject but having a basic background in electricity and magnetism'
Philosophical Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (January 15, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0080216528
• ISBN-13: 978-0080216522
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #788,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice short introduction to superconductivity, April 11, 2000

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E. Altshuler (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to Superconductivity, Second Edition (International Series in Solid State Physics; V. 6) (Paperback)

I cannot help associating this book to the A,B,C of Superconductivity. I remember that, during the ICTP Workshops on High Tc superconductors around 1990, the book immediately dissapeared from the shelves at the ICTP library: too many people from other fields were introducing themselves in the -then fashionable-subject of superconductors. In particular, the book's attempt to make BCS theory understandable is notorious. Generally speaking, all the subjects are treated with simplicity and rigor, and some of them (as transport currents in the mixed state of type II superconductors) are approached in a specially comprehensible fashion. The use of the pendulum analogue for Josephson devices is very convenient to "hook" the reader. If I don't give it five stars, it is because much newer books as "Foundations of Applied Superconductivity", by Orlando and Delin (1991) are more updated introductions to the subject. However, "Introduction to Superconductivity" is still perhaps the winner of the 100-meter-run in Superconductivity.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introductory book, April 10, 2007

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Pratap Raychaudhuri "Arya Dutta" (India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introduction to Superconductivity, Second Edition (International Series in Solid State Physics; V. 6) (Paperback)

This amazingly simple book can almost be read as the bedtime story of superconductivity. It introduces the reader to most of the key concepts of superconductivity, using simple physical concepts, without going through complicated formalism. I would recommend that every student of superconductivity reads this book before embarking on a more formal course of supercnductivity.