Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen is an American condensed matter physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. His work investigates the quantum mechanics of real-world material systems, including liquid helium, ferroelectrics, and biological membranes. In 1960, the American Physical Society appointed him a Fellow. In 1962, with colleagues George Stranahan and Robert W. Craig, Cohen co-founded the Aspen Center for Physics (ACP), described as a "utopia for physicists," for which he remains an Honorary Trustee. In 2011, Cohen completed a textbook entitled, Classical Mechanics: a Critical Introduction, in collaboration with fellow physicist Larry Gladney, who prepared the solutions manual.