Episode Synopsis "Brian Josephson: The Path to the Discovery"

Lecture at bdj50 conference. Slides available at http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/243505. The picture shows Brian and Carol Josephson looking at the plaque on the Mond Buliding unveiled in connection with the conference.

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More episodes of the podcast Lectures from the Cavendish Laboratory's bdj50 conference

• James Stirling: introduction to the bdj50 conference
• John Waldram: Reminiscences
• Philip Anderson: The Discovery of the Josephson Effect and the Introduction of 'Broken Symmetry' Into Condensed Matter Physics
• Brian Josephson: The Path to the Discovery
• John Rowell: Observations of Brian Josephson's Effects
• Arnold Silver: Origins of the SQUID
• John Clarke: SQUIDs: Then and Now
• Brian Petley:The ac Josephson effect and 2e/h measurement from 1966 to 2015
• Mark Blamire: Magnetic Josephson Junctions
• Dale Van Harlingen: Determining the Order Parameter Symmetry of Unconventional Superconductors by Josephson Interferometry
• Kent Irwin: SQUID-amplified calorimetry: from nuclear physics to cosmology
• Cathy Foley: How a single grain boundary found billions of dollars of mineral deposits: An overview of the use of SQUIDS for mineral exploration
• Risto Ilmoniemi: Magnetoencephalography: From early attempts to clinical applications
• John Martinis: Quantum Bits
• Brian Josephson: Creative Mind and Physical Reality
• Unveiling of B D Josephson commemorative plaque