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Timeline of states of matter and phase transitions
Timeline
of
states of matter
and
phase transitions
1895
-
Pierre Curie
discovers that induced magnetization is proportional to
magnetic field
strength
1911
-
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
discovers
superconductivity
1912
-
Pieter Debye[?]
derives the T-cubed law for the low temperature heat capacity of a nonmetallic solid
1925
-
Ernst Ising[?]
presents the solution to the one-dimensional Ising model and models
ferromagnetism
as a cooperative
spin
phenomenon
1933
-
Walter Meissner[?]
and
R. Ochsenfeld[?]
discover perfect superconducting
diamagnetism
1942
-
Hannes Alfven[?]
predicts
magnetohydrodynamic
waves in plasmas
1944
-
Lars Onsager
publishes the exact solution to the two-dimensional Ising model
1957
-
John Bardeen
,
Leon Cooper[?]
, and
Robert Schrieffer[?]
develop the BCS theory of superconductivity
1958
-
Rudolf Mossbauer[?]
finds the Mossbauer crystal recoil effect
1972
-
Douglas Osheroff[?]
,
Robert Richardson[?]
, and
David Lee[?]
discover that helium-3 can become a
superfluid
1974
-
Kenneth Wilson[?]
develops the renormalization group technique for treating phase transitions
1987
-
Alex Muller[?]
and
Georg Bednorz[?]
discover high critical temperature ceramic
superconductors
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