# Leon Cooper

> He explained why certain metals lose all electrical resistance at extreme cold — a quantum puzzle that had stumped physics for half a century.

*American physicist (1930–2024)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/leon-cooper

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1930-02-28
- **Died:** 2024-10-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Leon N. Cooper was born Leon Kupchik on February 28, 1930. Working with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, he developed the concept of Cooper pairs — electrons that bind together at low temperatures — and together the three built the BCS theory of conventional superconductivity, work that earned them the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics. Later Cooper turned to neuroscience, where he co-developed the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity, a model for how connections between neurons strengthen or weaken with use. He died on October 23, 2024.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=1100923912

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #United States, #Americas, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82563)
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- [Лион Купър](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%80)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/05df2b71-045b-4a0d-a256-fd3bf06b3ee0)
- [ليون كوبر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1)
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