The Breakthrough: The Race for the Superconductor

by Robert M. Hazen

Relates the story of the electronic device that has revolutionized modern communications and technology, detailing the behind-the-scenes maneuvering and experimentation that led to its creation

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Physics

271 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1988

About the author

Robert M. Hazen, Senior Research Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Geophysical Laboratory and the Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, received the B.S. and S.M. in geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971), and the Ph.D. at Harvard University in earth science (1975). The Past President of the Mineralogical Society of America, Hazen’s recent research focuses on the possible roles of minerals in the origin of life. He is also Principal Investigator of the Deep Carbon Observatory.