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9 Concluding comments

Far from an exhaustive review, the above notes provide but a brief sample of activities in superconductive electronics carried out in the early years of the Laboratorio di Cibernetica together with examples of recent achievements and challenging trends. The reader could be stimulated by the enclosed bibliography to satisfy both legitimate scepticism and request a deeper analysis.

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Barone, A. (2006). Close Encounters With Far Ideas. In: Termini, S. (eds) Imagination and Rigor. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0472-1_2

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