On Superconductivity and Superfluidity A Scientific Autobiography [Hardcover]

A Nobel Laureate presents his view of developments in the field of superconductivity, superfluidity and related theory. The book contains Ginzburgs amended version of the Nobel lecture in Physics 2003, as well as his expanded autobiography.

On Superconductivity and Superfluidity (What I Have and Have Not Managed to Do), As Well As on the Physical Minimum at the Beginning of the 21st Century.- Superconductivity and Superfluidity.- A Few Comments on Superconductivity Research.- On the Theory of Superconductivity.- Nobel Autobiography.- A Scientific Autobiography: An Attempt.- Vitaly L. Ginzburg: A Bibliometric Study.

From the reviews:

Ginzburgs final book, On Superconductivity and Superfluidity: A Scientific Autobiography, contains his 2003 Physics Nobel Prize lecture, his views on contemporary scientific and political issues, and his contributions to physics, particularly to his two favorite fields, mentioned in the books title. & The general public will find Ginzburgs personal views interesting & . the book is intended for people with a physical-science or mathematical education. (Valery Pokrovsky, Physics Today, January, 2010)

The volume under review presents Vitaly Ginzburgs personal impressions on the development in the field of superconductivity. The present book contains a selection of Ginzburgs key writings, including his amended version of the Nobel lecture in Physics 2003. & The book is intended for people with a physical-science or mathematical education and the readers will find Vitaly Ginzburgs personal views as very interesting. (Vicenciu D. Rdulescu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1205, 2011)

Born 4 October 1916 in Moscow, Russia. Graduated from Moscow State University in 1938. Defended candidate dissertation (Ph.D.) in Moscow State University in 1940. From 1940 till now works in P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute Acad. Sci. USSR (now Russian Acad. Sci.). In 1942 defelƒ&