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Howdosuperconductorsfunction?What'suniqueaboutsemiconductors?Thisbooktakesalookatdevelopmentsoverthepast50yearsofsolidstatephysicsandmaterialscience.Itiswrittencomprehensiblyevenfornonscientists.Theauthorpresentspioneeringworksbyresearchersinthefieldsofchemistry,physicsandmaterialscience,drawingonauthenticquotationsandextractsfrompartlyunpublishedrecordstocreateanentertaining,descriptiveandexcitingexpeditionthroughtheworldofsolidstatephysics.