Leon Cooper

Leon N Cooper^[1] (February 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024) was an American physicist. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer in 1972. He helped developed the BCS theory of superconductivity.^[2][3]

Leon N Cooper
Cooper in 2007
Born	(1930-02-28)February 28, 1930 Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	October 23, 2024(2024-10-23) (aged 94) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1953, Ph.D. 1954)
Known for	Superconductivity Cooper pairs
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1972) Comstock Prize in Physics (1968)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Brown University
Doctoral advisor	Robert Serber

He was also the namesake of the Cooper pair and co-developer of the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity.^[4]

Cooper died at his home in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 23, 2024, at the age of 94.^[5]