Talk:Leon Cooper

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Leon Neil Cooper was a man.

I've read an interview in which he says that the N in his name does not stand for Neil, but it is just N, just a letter. The name for the article probably was found at [[1]], which in that case would be wrong (notice that in most pages of the website his name is written in the N form). It would be necessary a trustable source to clear it out (maybe someone could ask him by e-mail or something). The interview I read is in portuguese at: [[2]] the specific parts are:

"Não existe um ponto depois da letra "N", porque não é abreviação de nenhuma palavra. (...) A Wikipedia diz que a letra N do seu nome é abreviação de "Neil", que seria o seu nome do meio. Há alguma chance de você nos revelar o que ela de fato significa?

LNC: Eu só posso dizer que a Wikipedia está errada."

translation:

(in the intro)There is no period after the letter 'N', because it is not an abbreviation of a word. (...) Wikipedia says that the letter N in your name is an abbreviation of 'Neil', which would be you middle name. Is there any chance you could tell us what it actually means?

LNC: I can only say that Wikipedia is wrong.

I have changed "Princeton Institute for Advanced Study" to "Institute for Advanced Study", its correct name. The Institute is in Princeton, N.J. but is not part of Princeton University and does not use the Princeton name.

Rend 04:46, 24 January 2006 (UTC)