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Superconductivity: the day before yesterday — yesterday — today — tomorrow


Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

This talk is devoted to the history of the study of superconductivity and the prospects for further research in this field.

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PACS: 74.20.−z, 74.25.−q, 74.72.−h, 74.90.+n (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU2000v043n06ABEH000779
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Citation: Ginzburg V L "Superconductivity: the day before yesterday — yesterday — today — tomorrow" Phys. Usp. 43 573–583 (2000)
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Оригинал: Гинзбург В Л «Сверхпроводимость: позавчера, вчера, сегодня, завтра» УФН 170 619–630 (2000); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0170.200006b.0619

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