blog postsRobert Schrieffer, shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics, dies at 88Jul 29, 2019 12:45 pm by PhysicsWorldIllinois in the NewsShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesPhysicsWorld (July 29) At the U. of I. in the late 1950s, Schrieffer, together with colleagues John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, developed the theory of superconductivity.Share on FacebookTweetEmail