John Robert Schrieffer
American physicist (1931-2019) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88
John Robert Schrieffer was an American theoretical physicist who, with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, was a recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful quantum description of superconductivity.
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2019Died27 July 20191983National Medal of ScienceAward1972Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1968Comstock Prize in PhysicsAwardOliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeAward1966Guggenheim FellowshipAward1931Born31 May 1931
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Lived 1931 to 2019 · aged 88
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Alan J. HeegerBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
John ClarkeBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics
Chien-Shiung WuBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics
Bertram BrockhouseBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Philip Warren AndersonBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Theodor W. HänschBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics