Leon Cooper
Leon N Cooper | |
|---|---|
 Cooper in 2007 | |
| Born | February 28, 1930 Bronx, New York,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University(B.A.1951,M.A.1953,Ph.D.1954) |
| Known for | Superconductivity Cooper pairs |
| Awards | 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 anAmericanphysicist. He won theNobel Prize for PhysicswithJohn BardeenandJohn Robert Schriefferin 1972. He helped developed theBCS theoryofsuperconductivity.[2][3]
He is also the namesake of theCooper pairand co-developer of theBCM theoryofsynaptic plasticity.[4]
References[change|change source]
- ↑Many printed materials, including theNobel Prizewebsite,have referred to Cooper as "Leon Neil Cooper". However, the middle initialNdoes not stand for Neil, or for any other name. The correct form of the name is, thus, "Leon N Cooper", with noabbreviationdots
- ↑"Superconductivity".CERN official website.CERN.
- ↑Weinberg, Steven (February 2008)."From BSC to the LHC".CERN Courier.48(1): 17–21.
- ↑Bienenstock, Elie (1982)."Theory for the development of neuron selectivity: orientation specificity and binocular interaction in visual cortex".The Journal of Neuroscience.2(1): 32–48.doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.02-01-00032.1982.PMC6564292.PMID7054394.
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