Leon Cooper | |
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Born | Bronx, New York, U.S. | February 28, 1930
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA 1951, MA 1953, PhD 1954) |
Known for | Cooper pairs BCM theory BCS theory |
Awards | John Jay Award (1985) Nobel Prize in Physics (1972) Comstock Prize in Physics (1968) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Brown University |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Serber |
Leon N. Cooper[1] (born February 28, 1930) is an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate who, with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, developed the BCS theory of superconductivity.[2][3] His name is also associated with the Cooper pair and the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity.[4]