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Hall Effect and the Beauty and Challenges of Science

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The Hall Effect and Its Applications

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It is a great honor to be asked to participate in this commemorative symposium on the centennial of the discovery of the Hall effect here at Johns Hopkins. The Hall effect is a superb example of a phenomenon which, while simple in initial concept, is really very profound in its implications and application to a variety of solids of inherently differing characteristics. The evolution of the versatility of Hall data in interpreting complex transport in solids is indeed a classic example of the beauty and challenges of science. Let us try to follow some of the major developments in this progression of theoretical and experimental achievements.

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Beer, A.C. (1980). Hall Effect and the Beauty and Challenges of Science. In: Chien, C.L., Westgate, C.R. (eds) The Hall Effect and Its Applications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1367-1_10

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