RIP Leon N Cooper (1930 - 2024) - Nobel 1972

In summary, Leon N. Cooper, a renowned physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1972 for his work on superconductivity, passed away in 2024 at the age of 93. His contributions significantly advanced the field of condensed matter physics, and he was celebrated for his intellectual achievements and impact on science.
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Leon Cooper Dies at 94; Nobelist Unlocked Secrets of Superconductivity
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/science/leon-cooper-dead.html

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1972/summary/
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 was awarded jointly to John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"

https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/cooper-lecture.pdf


Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity
J. Bardeen, L. N. Cooper, and J. R. Schrieffer
Phys. Rev. 106, 162 – Published 1 April 1957
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.106.162

Theory of Superconductivity
J. Bardeen, L. N. Cooper, and J. R. Schrieffer
Phys. Rev. 108, 1175 – Published 1 December 1957
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.108.1175


https://vivo.brown.edu/display/lcooper


(2003) Leon Cooper, Nobel Prize in Physics 1972: Interview


(2014) Leon Cooper, author of Science and Human Experience, on studying science


(2014) Leon Cooper, author of Science and Human Experience, on scientific equations


He authored an interesting introductory textbook
An introduction to the meaning and structure of physics
https://www.amazon.com/introduction-meaning-structure-physics/dp/B0006BU90O?tag=pfamazon01-20
and a condensed form
Physics: Structure and Meaning
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Structure-Leon-N-Cooper/dp/0874515920?tag=pfamazon01-20
 
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