John Robert Schrieffer (1931-2019) was an American theoretical physicist, born in Oak Park, Illinois. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, known as BCS theory, the first successful quantum mechanical description of how electrons pair to conduct without resistance. He is also known for the SSH model and the Schrieffer-Wolff transformation.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own account Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own accountTallahassee, Florida, United States 1 NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountCo-developed BCS theory of superconductivity with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper; shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics 1 BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountOak Park, Illinois, United States 1 In the Other Atlases
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John Robert Schrieffer (May 31, 1931 - July 27, 2019) 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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