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Bronx High School of Science, Columbia University
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Leon Cooper: American physicist (1930–2024).
Born in New York City (died at age 94).
6 awards including Comstock Prize in Physics.
Studied at Bronx High School of Science.
AWARDS (6)
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Comstock Prize in Physics
WON
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Fellow of the American Physical Society
WON
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Guggenheim Fellowship
WON
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John Jay Award
WON
Biography
Leon N. Cooper 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.
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