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Session B3: The History of Superconductivity from its Discovery by Kammerlingh Onnes in 1911

Session B3: The History of Superconductivity from its Discovery by Kammerlingh Onnes in 1911

B3.00001: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and the Road to Superconductivity
Invited Speaker: Dirk van Delft

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B3.00002: From the Meissner Effect to the Isotope Effect: Precursors to the Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity
Invited Speaker: Brian Schwartz

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B3.00003: BCS: 50 Years
Invited Speaker: Leon Cooper

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John M. Rowell B3.00004: Giaever, Nb₃Sn, and Josephson
Invited Speaker: John Rowell

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Paul C. W. Chu

B3.00005: The arrival of high temperature superconductors

Invited Speaker: Paul C. W. Chu

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