Superconductivity—A Challenge to Modern Physics

Joas, Christian; Waysand, G.

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“…Once he had liquefied this rare gas, he started to investigate systematically the properties of materials at cryogenic temperatures. In 1911 Holst, a technician working in Kamerlingh Onnes laboratory, observed the sudden disappearance of mercury's resistivity at 4.2 K: superconductivity had been discovered (Gavroglu, 2014;Joas and Waysand, 2014;Matricon and Waysand, 2003). Before the phenomenon was detected, it was believed that superconductivity could not be reached because it needed the actual absolute zero temperature that cannot be reached for thermo-dynamical reasons.…”

Section: The Phenomenon Of Superconductivity: Technology Ahead Of Sci...mentioning

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Cold numbers: Superconducting supercomputers and presumptive anomaly

Liso

Филатрелла

Gagliardi

et al. 2019

Industrial and Corporate Change

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In February 2014 Time magazine announced to the world that the first quantum computer had been put in use. One key component of this computer is the “Josephson-junction,” a superconducting device, based on completely different scientific and technological principles with respect to semiconductors. The origin of superconductors dates back to the 1960s, to a large-scale 20-year long IBM project aimed at building ultrafast computers. We present a detailed study of the relationship between Science and Technology making use of the theoretical tools of presumptive anomaly and technological paradigms: superconductors were developed while the semiconductors revolution was in full swing. We adopt a historiographical approach—using a snowballing technique to sift through the relevant literature from various epistemological domains and technical publications—to extract theoretically robust insights from a narrative which concerns great scientific advancements, technological leaps forward and business-driven innovation. The study we present shows how technological advancements, business dynamics, and policy intertwine.

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Section: The Phenomenon Of Superconductivity: Technology Ahead Of Sci...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cold numbers: Superconducting supercomputers and presumptive anomaly

Liso

Филатрелла

Gagliardi

et al. 2019

Industrial and Corporate Change

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Arnold Sommerfeld and Condensed Matter Physics

Joas¹,

Eckert

2017

Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys.

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Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), one of the founders of modern theoretical physics and a pioneer of quantum theory, was no condensed matter physicist. He nevertheless played a crucial role for the history of the field. Besides his important contributions to the study of condensed matter systems, among which his seminal electron gas theory of metallic conduction probably stands out, he influenced the field through his very approach to science, through his way of “doing” physics. Sommerfeld's specific style permeated not only his research but also his teaching and his promoting of physics. This has had a lasting influence on the practices of physicists to this day, and not only, but importantly, on those of condensed matter physicists. This article aims to provide a concise account of Sommerfeld's influence on the study of condensed matter systems, with regard to both his research and his practice.

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Superconductivity—A Challenge to Modern Physics

Cited by 2 publications

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Cold numbers: Superconducting supercomputers and presumptive anomaly

Cold numbers: Superconducting supercomputers and presumptive anomaly

Arnold Sommerfeld and Condensed Matter Physics

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