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The history of the theory of Anderson localisation is reviewed, from its beginning in 1958 to the recent development of scaling theory.

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Weaire, D., Davies, J.H., Huber, D.L. (1984). Anderson Localisation. In: Fleury, P.A., Golding, B. (eds) Coherence and Energy Transfer in Glasses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4733-0_15

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