Leon Cooper

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Leon N. Cooper
Cooper pairs
BCM theory
BCS theory
AwardsJohn Jay Award (1985)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1972)
Comstock Prize in Physics (1968)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsBrown University
Doctoral advisorRobert Serber

Leon N. Cooper

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]

Biography and career

Cooper's mother is

artificial neural networks.[10] Nestor, along with Intel, developed the Ni1000 neural network computer chip in 1994.[11]

Cooper with his wife, Kay Allard, in 1972

In 1969 Cooper married Kay Allard. They have two children.[12]

He has carried out research at various institutions including the Institute for Advanced Study and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The character Sheldon Cooper, featured in the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory, is named in part after Leon Cooper.[13]

Memberships and honors

Publications

Cooper is the author of Science and Human Experience – a collection of essays, including previously unpublished material, on issues such as consciousness and the structure of space. (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

Cooper is the author of an unconventional liberal-arts physics textbook, originally An Introduction to the Meaning and Structure of Physics (Harper and Row, 1968)[15] and still in print in a somewhat condensed form as Physics: Structure and Meaning (Lebanon: New Hampshire, University Press of New England, 1992).

  • Cooper, L. N. & J. Rainwater. "Theory of Multiple Coulomb Scattering from Extended Nuclei", Nevis Cyclotron Laboratories at Columbia University, Office of Naval Research (ONR), United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (August 1954).
  • Cooper, Leon N. (1956). "Bound Electron Pairs in a Degenerate Fermi Gas". Physical Review. 104 (4): 1189–1190.
    doi:10.1103/PhysRev.104.1189
    .
  • Bardeen, J.; Cooper, L. N.; Schrieffer, J. R. (1957). "Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity". Physical Review. 106 (1): 162–164.
    doi:10.1103/PhysRev.106.162
    .
  • Bardeen, J.; Cooper, L. N.; Schrieffer, J. R. (1957). "Theory of Superconductivity". Physical Review. 108 (5): 1175–1204.
    doi:10.1103/PhysRev.108.1175
    .
  • Cooper, L. N., Lee, H. J., Schwartz, B. B. & W. Silvert. "Theory of the Knight Shift and Flux Quantization in Superconductors", Brown University, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (May 1962).
  • Cooper, L. N. & Feldman, D. "BCS: 50 years",
    World Scientific Publishing Co.
    , (November 2010).

See also

References

  1. ^ Many printed materials, including the Nobel Prize website, have referred to Cooper as "Leon Neil Cooper". However, the middle initial N does not stand for Neil, or for any other name. The correct form of the name is, thus, "Leon N Cooper", with no abbreviation dots[citation needed]
  2. ^ "Superconductivity". CERN official website. CERN. 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ Weinberg, Steven (February 2008). "From BSC to the LHC". CERN Courier. 48 (1): 17–21.
  4. PMID 7054394
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  5. ^ "Jewish Nobel Prize Winners in Physics". www.jinfo.org. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  6. ^ "Bronx Science Honored as Historic Physics Site by the American Physical Society". bxscience.edu. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  7. ^ MacDonald, Kerri (15 October 2010). "A Nobel Laureate Returns Home to Bronx Science". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Leon Cooper". research.brown.edu. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  9. ^ a b Vanderkam, Laura (15 July 2008). "From Biology to Physics and Back Again: Leon Cooper". Scientific American. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  10. ^ Johnson, Colin (October 17, 1988). "Neural Network Startups Proliferate Across The U.S." The Scientist. 2 (19). Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  11. ^ "Nestor's neural chip destiny now in its own hands". Tech Monitor. April 14, 1994. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  12. ISBN 978-1-4381-0807-0
    .
  13. ^ The Big Bang Theory, la fórmula perfecta del humor. lavoz.com.ar (October 31, 2010)
  14. ^ "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29.
  15. doi:10.1119/1.11116
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