Leon Cooper
American physicist (1930-2024) · United States · Scientists · Died at 94
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Something wrong?He explained why certain metals lose all electrical resistance at extreme cold - a quantum puzzle that had stumped physics for half a century.
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, The long and imposing list of physicists (among them Bohr, Heisenberg and Feynman) who had tried or were trying their hand at superconductivity should have given me pause.
How do we get emotions and feelings out of neurons which, presumably, don't have emotions and feelings?
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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.
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Raymond Davis Jr.Both received Comstock Prize in Physics
John ClarkeBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics
Percy Williams BridgmanBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics
Chien-Shiung WuBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics
Theodor W. HänschBoth received Comstock Prize in Physics
John Robert SchriefferBoth received Comstock Prize in PhysicsFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.