John Schrieffer was awarded Nobel Prize 1972 in Physics "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory." 
                            Nationality    United States
                            Institution    Florida State University
                            Award          1972
                            Discipline     Physics
                            Co-recipients  Leon Cooper
                            MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1972 in Physics "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory." 
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