Leon Cooper

Leon N. Cooper (né Kupchik; February 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024) was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity. Cooper developed the concept of Cooper pairs and collaborated with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer to develop the BCS theory of conventional superconductivity. In neuroscience, Cooper co-developed the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity.

Notable works: Cooper pair, BCM theory, BCS theory Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Comstock Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physics, doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, John Jay Award Education: Columbia University, Bronx High School of Science

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