Abstract
This account of the history of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity has its roots in an assignment that Quin Luttinger designed for me in 1963 when I was his graduate student. It improves on my student work by tracing the story from historical source materials as well as published papers, thus reflecting the contingencies and human elements that shape all research in physics. I also made an attempt to portray general features of how John Bardeen approached solving problems in physics.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 625-640 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Statistical Physics |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2001 |
Keywords
- BCS theory
- Biography
- History
- John Bardeen
- Many-body theory
- Superconductivity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics