Leon Neil Cooper

Leon Neil Cooper

Nobel Prize in Physics 1972

Brown University

“for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory”

Leon Neil Cooper is an American theoretical physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1972, jointly with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS theory.

Field
Physics · Condensed Matter Physics
Lifespan
1930–2024