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Leon Cooper born in New York on
February 28, 1930 is an American physicist and is widely known as for his work
with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer in developing the BCS Theory ofSuperconductivity while at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
“His
principal contribution to the BCS theory was the discovery (1956) that
electrons, which under normal conditions repel each other, are attracted to each
other in superconductors, a phenomenon termed the Cooper electron pairs”
(Britannica, 2014).
For which he received the Nobel Prize
in Physics in 1972 for his contribution to the Theory. He is also known for his contributing work of
the BCM Theory of synaptic plasticity and Cooper pairs.
Leon graduated from Bronx High School
of Science in 1947 wanting to continue his education he enrolled at Columbia
University. Where he received his B.A in 1951, MA in 1953, and PhD in 1954 in
Physics. Upon completing his education he pursued a position at the Institute
for Advanced Study for a year. Followed by teaching at the University of
Illinois, Ohio State University, and finally settling at Brown University in
1958 and appointed the Henry Ledyard Goddard university professor in 1966
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. professor of Science 1974 and Director of the Institute
for Brain and Neural Systems.
Work Cited:
Leon N. Cooper. (n.d.). Retrieved November 20, 2014, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/136281/Leon-N-Cooper
Leon Cooper. (2014, November 19). Retrieved November 20,
2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Cooper
Leon N. Cooper - Biographical. (n.d.). Retrieved November
20, 2014, from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1972/cooper-bio.html
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External link:
Nobel Prize.org
