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Leon Cooper

1930 - 2024

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Leon N. Cooper (né Kupchik; February 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024) was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist. He won the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Cooper is the 174th most popular physicist (up from 216th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from United States (up from 850th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Physicist.

Leon Cooper is most famous for his work in quantum physics and the theory of superconductivity.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Leon Cooper ranks 174 out of 851. Before him are Hideki Yukawa, François Englert, George E. Smith, Polykarp Kusch, Edmond Becquerel, and Martinus J. G. Veltman. After him are James Jeans, Julius von Mayer, Herbert Kroemer, Martin Lewis Perl, Richard E. Taylor, and Arthur Leonard Schawlow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Leon Cooper ranks 37. Before him are Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, Yves Chauvin, Thomas P. Stafford, and George E. Smith. After him are Niki de Saint Phalle, Claude Chabrol, Carlos Menem, Jerome Isaac Friedman, Anisa Makhlouf, and Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen. Among people deceased in 2024, Leon Cooper ranks 31. Before him are Arnold Rüütel, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Paul Alexander, Thomas P. Stafford, Roger Guillemin, and Jim Simons. After him are Herbert Kroemer, Dési Bouterse, Alice Munro, Olivia Hussey, James Earl Jones, and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Cooper ranks 619 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Simons (1938), Howard Gardner (1943), Warren Beatty (1937), Michael Porter (1947), John Kerry (1943), and Jerry Lewis (1926). After him are A. L. Kroeber (1876), Edward W. Morley (1838), Mia Farrow (1945), Ernest Borgnine (1917), George Foreman (1949), and Don King (1931).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Leon Cooper ranks 27. Before him are James Rainwater (1917), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Clifford Shull (1915), John Bardeen (1908), Joseph Henry (1797), and George E. Smith (1930). After him are Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Burton Richter (1931), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), Douglas Osheroff (1945), and George Smoot (1945).

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