Leon Cooper

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human physicist theoretical physicist university teacher

Leon Cooper is an American physicist best known as one of the co-developers of the BCS theory of superconductivity, for which he shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Aliases (1)

Leon N. Cooper ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → physicist → theoretical physicist → university teacher →
affiliation	Brown University Department of Physics →
awardReceived	1972 Nobel Prize in Physics → Comstock Prize in Physics → Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics →
coDeveloperOf	BCS theory of superconductivity →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Harvard University →
employer	Brown University →
familyName	Cooper →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → neural networks → physics → superconductivity → theoretical physics →
founded	Brown University Center for Neural Science →
givenName	Leon →
hasAcademicDiscipline	neuroscience →
hasAcademicRank	professor →
hasDoctoralAdvisor	I. I. Rabi →
knownFor	BCS theory of superconductivity → Cooper pair → work on superconductivity →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Physical Society →
name	Leon Cooper →
nationality	American →
notableAchievement	microscopic explanation of superconductivity →
notableConcept	Cooper pair →
notableStudent	John Robert Schrieffer →
notableWork	Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory →
occupation	physicist → university professor →
sexOrGender	male →
sharedAwardWith	John Bardeen → John Robert Schrieffer →
workLocation	Providence, Rhode Island →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
BCS theory of superconductivity → Cooper pair →	namedAfter
John Bardeen →	coAuthorOfTheoryWith
BCS theory of superconductivity →	developedBy
Leon Cooper →	name
John Robert Schrieffer ("Leon N. Cooper") →	sharedNobelPrizeWith
Cooper pair →	wasProposedBy