Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Superconductivity for the general public

In honour of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity Julien Bobroff and collaborators developed a really cool site meant for the general public. It contains many videos and discussions of basic science.

Two particular videos are of interest, one a general introduction to the subject and the other historical details about the original discovery.

I also really liked the video below.

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