Leon N. Cooper's Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs

In the record

Leon N. The birth-card coordinate for February 28 is the 10 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1972 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1972 The Nobel Prize in Physics — for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory

The 10 of Clubs coordinate

Leon N. Cooper's birthday maps to the 10 of Clubs (The Master Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Leon N. Cooper. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You carry a finished body of knowledge and keep teaching from it.

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Leon N. Cooper in the public record

Cooper (né Kupchik; February 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024) was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity. Cooper developed the concept of Cooper pairs and collaborated with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer to develop the BCS theory of conventional superconductivity. In neuroscience, Cooper co-developed the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity. Leon N. Kupchick was born on February 28, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City. His father, Irving Kupchik, was from Belarus and moved to the United States after the Russian Revolution in 1917. His mother, Anna Zola, was from Poland; she died when Leon was seven. His father changed the family's surname from Kupchick to Cooper when he remarried.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Leon Cooper (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 10 of Clubs

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Intellectual mastery and deep expertise

Cooper (né Kupchik; February 28, 1930 – October 23, 2024) was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: physics.

Also on the record

1. Leon attended the Bronx High School of Science, graduating in 1947.
2. He then studied at Columbia University, receiving a B.A. in 1951.
3. He remained at Columbia for graduate school, obtaining an M.A. in 1953, and a Ph.D. in 1954.
4. His doctoral thesis was on the subject of muonic atoms and the charge radius.

Other laureates with this card

• Akira Yoshino — 2019 Chemistry
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• Arthur Harden — 1929 Chemistry
• Betty Williams — 1976 Peace
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson — 1903 Literature
• Carl Spitteler — 1919 Literature
• Carl Wieman — 2001 Physics
• Christian Anfinsen — 1972 Chemistry
• Daniel C. Tsui — 1998 Physics
• Ernst Otto Fischer — 1973 Chemistry
• Eugenio Montale — 1975 Literature
• 28 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Leon N. Cooper's birth card?

The 10 of Clubs. February 28 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.

Where do Leon N. Cooper's dates come from?

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