Superconductivity is a fascinating field of the solid state physics. For more than four
decades since the discovery in 1911 of the first superconductor, Hg, by Heike
Kamerlingh Onnes its origin was unclear. This uncommon situation was changed by
the appearance of the Cooper pair concept and the creation in 1957 of the Bardeen-
Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity. Subsequent years were full of
other significant discoveries in this area so that now one can consider
superconductivity as the scientific industry with plenty of applications as well as the
testing ground for new theories and investigation methods. Number of books devoted
to the phenomenon concerned, superconducting materials and devices is enormous. A
question arises: why do we need more textbooks and monographs?
decades since the discovery in 1911 of the first superconductor, Hg, by Heike
Kamerlingh Onnes its origin was unclear. This uncommon situation was changed by
the appearance of the Cooper pair concept and the creation in 1957 of the Bardeen-
Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity. Subsequent years were full of
other significant discoveries in this area so that now one can consider
superconductivity as the scientific industry with plenty of applications as well as the
testing ground for new theories and investigation methods. Number of books devoted
to the phenomenon concerned, superconducting materials and devices is enormous. A
question arises: why do we need more textbooks and monographs?
