Episode Synopsis "James Stirling: introduction to the bdj50 conference"

Head of the Physics Department James Stirling introduces the conference celebrating 50 years since the discovery of the Josephson effect. The accompanying photograph shows the commemorative plaque that was mounted on the Mond Building in connection with the conference. Slides available at http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/243505.

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• 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