Robert Schrieffer(1931–2019)
PhysicsJohn Robert Schrieffer was an American 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 theory of superconductivity.
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18
Publications
375
Citations
6
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physics
1972for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory
IndependentMost Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
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Key Concepts in High Temperature Superconductivity: Writing Volume II of Condensed Matter Physics.
(1997)
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American Physical Society comments on NAS Report
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union(1996)
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Recent Publications
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American Physical Society comments on NAS Report
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union1996
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A Dialogue on the Theory of High Tc
Physics Today1991
79citations
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eustis High School
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign(Doctor of Philosophy)
Doctoral Advisors
Daniel ArovasJohn Bardeen
Career Timeline
University of Birmingham?–present
University of Chicago1957–1960
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign1959–1962
University of Pennsylvania1962–1979
Exxon Research & Engineering Company1979–2006
University of California, Santa Barbara1980–1997
Los Alamos National Laboratory1991–2006
Florida State University1992–2019
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
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