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Leon Cooper (1930-2024) Physicist, neuroscientist, author. Leon N. Cooper was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Providence, Rhode Island.

Full Name

Leon N. Cooper

Locations

BronxNew York

Author's Timeline


1930

Birth

Bronx County: Leon Cooper was born Leon N. Kupchik in the Bronx, New York, on February 28, 1930.

1947

Other Life Event

Bronx County: Mr. Cooper graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1947.

1951

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Cooper received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Columbia University in 1951.

1953

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Cooper received a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1953.

1954

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Cooper received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1954.

1968

Literary Work

An Introduction to the Meaning and Structure of Physics
Harper and Row
Nonfiction.

1992

Literary Work

Physics: Structure and Meaning
Brown
0874515920 / 978-0874515923
Nonfiction.

1995

Literary Work

How We Learn; How We Remember: Toward an Understanding of Brain and Neural Systems: Selected Papers of Leon N. Cooper
World Scientific Pub Co Inc
9810218141 / 978-9810218140
Nonfiction.

2004

Literary Work

Theory Of Cortical Plasticity
World Scientific Publishing Company
9812387463 / 978-9812387462
Nonfiction edited by Mr. Cooper, Brian S. Blais, Harel Z. Shouval, and Nathan Intrator.

2010

Literary Work

BCS: 50 Years
World Scientific Pub Co Inc
9814304646 / 978-9814304641
Nonfiction edited by Mr. Cooper and Dmitri Feldman.

2014

Literary Work

Science and Human Experience: Values, Culture, and the Mind
Cambridge University Press
1107043174 / 978-1107043176
Collection of essays.

2024

Death

Leon Cooper died at his home in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 23, 2024.

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