John Robert Schrieffer
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John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to understanding superconductivity, the phenomenon where certain materials lose all electrical resistance when cooled to very low temperatures. His work helped explain how superconductors function at a fundamental level, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics and advancing technologies that rely on superconductors, such as medical imaging devices and powerful electromagnets.
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- 1931-05-31
- Died
- 2019-07-27
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5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,771x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011
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John Robert Schrieffer (/ˈʃriːfər/; 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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1931 births2019 deaths20th-century American physicistsAcademics of the University of BirminghamAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of German descentFellows of the American Physical SocietyFlorida State University facultyForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesForeign members of the USSR Academy of SciencesMembers of the American Philosophical Society