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John Robert Schrieffer

John Robert Schrieffer
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John Robert Schrieffer 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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  1. Elias M. SteinJanuary 13, 1931 – December 23, 2018
  2. Hamilton SmithAugust 23, 1931 – October 25, 2025
  3. John Robert Schrieffer (this page)May 31, 1931 – July 27, 2019
  4. Klaus HasselmannOctober 25, 1931 – present
  5. Michael FisherSeptember 3, 1931 – November 26, 2021
  6. Richard F. HeckAugust 15, 1931 – October 9, 2015

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