Robert Schrieffer

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Florida
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_Bardeen
gptkb:Leon_Cooper
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Oppenheimer_Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1931-05-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Oak_Park,_Illinois
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Schrieffer_Jr.
Catherine_Schrieffer
gptkbp:contributedTo the understanding of superconductors
the_development_of_BCS_theory
gptkbp:deathDate 2019-07-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tallahassee,_Florida
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign
gptkbp:field condensed matter physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Schrieffer
gptkbp:influenced the field of physics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Bardeen
gptkb:Leon_Cooper
gptkbp:involvedIn academic research
collaborative research
scientific community
physics education
mentoring students
gptkbp:knownFor theoretical physics
solid-state physics
quantum_mechanics
BCS_theory
gptkbp:legacy BCS_superconductivity_theory
Schrieffer-Wolff_transformation
Schrieffer_model
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:David_J._Scalapino
gptkbp:researchFocus superconductivity
gptkbp:researchInterest gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:Florida_State_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara
gptkb:Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:servedIn department chair
professor emeritus
visiting professor
gptkbp:spouse Catherine_Schrieffer
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:yearsActive 1972