J
Jahn-Teller effect, 99
Janssen, Pierre, 13, 142
Johnston, David, 99
Joplin, Janis, 105
Josephson computer, 137
Josephson effect, 87–89
Josephson junction, 87–89, 137
Josephson, Brian, 85–90, 142
Joule heating, 4
Joule, James Prescott, 3, 12, 142
Joule-Kelvin effect, 12
Joule-Thomson effect, 12
K
Kapitsa, Pyotr, 67
Kelvin, Lord (William Thomson),
5, 12, 25, 26, 143
Kent, Clark, 1
Kitazawa, Koichi, 101
Kroto, Harry, 112, 142
krypton, 14
kryptonite, 36
Kurti, Nicholas, 40, 129, 142
L
Landau model of phase transitions,
71
Landau, Lev, 54, 66–74, 80, 142
Laughlin, Robert, 139, 142
Leggett, Anthony, 80
levitation, 35, 36, 135
LHC (Large Hadron Collider), 82,
133, 134
Lifshitz, E.M., 67
Lillenfeld, Julius, 51
Linde’s Ice Machine Company, 13
Lindemann, Frederick, 32, 39, 46,
47, 142
Linnaeus, Carl, 5
liquid crystals, 137, 138
liquid helium, 116
Little, William, 114
Lockyer, Norman, 13, 17, 142
London dispersion forces, 39
London, Fritz, 38–47, 142
London, Heinz, 38–47, 142
M
macroscopic quantum
phenomenon, 45
Maglev trains, 135, 136
magnesium diboride, 111, 115–117,
125
magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI), 3, 4, 131–133
magnetocardiography, 137
magnetoencephalography, 89, 137
Manhattan project, 48
many-body state, 63, 64, 139
March meeting, 105, 106
Marum, Martinus van, 10, 143
mass, origin of, 81, 82
Matthias, Bernd, 91–94, 99, 101,
114, 126, 129, 142
Matthiessen, Augustus, 25, 26, 142
Maxwell, James Clerk, 34, 41,
42, 142
Meissner effect, 35–38, 42, 43, 75,
78, 135
Meissner, Walther, 35, 39, 142
Mendelssohn, Kurt, 40, 47, 75,
129, 142
mercury-containing copper oxides,
110
microwave filters, 136
monazite sand, 23
More is different, 140
MRI, 3, 4, 131–133
MRSA, 1
Mu
¨
ller, Alex, 96, 97, 99–101, 103,
105, 107, 142
N
neon, 14
niobium, 90, 91, 93, 99
nitrogen, liquid, 103
Index
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