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Originally from New Jersey, Leonard attended Princeton University[3] and was twenty four years old when he received his doctorate with a Dissertation of the Year award for experimental particle physics. Having lived with Sheldon for ten years as of Season 6, he and Leonard are best friends. However, Leonard can become very agitated by many of his eccentricities and often feels obligated to explain Sheldon's behavior and serve as a mediator between him and other people in situations he has been described as the straight man of the series. While Leonard, along with his geek friends and fellow scientists, is somewhat socially inept, Leonard would like to be better accepted outside of his social group. Leonard is more well adjusted than his companions, being more willing to try different things. He appears to be best suited as a leader of the group, with Sheldon commenting how Leonard is the "Kirk" of the group.

Early Life

Leonard was born in May 1980 in New Jersey. Not much is known about his early life. He has two siblings: a brother named Mikeand an elder sister that we don't know the name of. At age eight his mother embarrassed him in front of the school by making him give back his science fair ribbon at the ceremony. He said it was his first science fair and had to give the ribbon back because he had done "Do Lima Beans React Better to Classical Music?". His brother had previously done "Do Lima Beans Grow Worse to Rock N' Roll?". His father was an anthropologist who spent more time with a 2 year old Etruscan boy than with Leonard. He did not celebrate his birthday or Christmas as a child due to his parents wish to study the holidays for their "anthropological and sociological implications on society." The family wrote research papers for Christmas and they were returned graded with his stocking. As Leonard was a nerd, he was bullied badly as a youth and he stopped growing in the Derek Carr Jersey eighth grade. Hofstadter is an experimental physicist at the California Institute of Technology and has been published in peer reviewed journals. His honors include the Newcomb Medal. When he started at the university seven years ago as of the third season, he conducted classified government research on military rocket fuel capable of generating over 8,000 kN of thrust when mixed into Tovex in order to create a combustible gel. His work often includes the use of high powered lasers, and his research topics have varied from Bose Einstein condensates and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to cosmic radiation and dark matter.

To study the soft component of cosmic radiation at sea level, Leonard designed an experiment using a helium neon laser. When the university received a new free electron laser, he required access in order to perform his X ray diffraction experiment. Subsequently, he procured a big government grant to see if high powered lasers can be used to knock out incoming ballistic missiles, though he considered the concept improbable. After progress with his ongoing research regarding high energy lasers, he worked on a front projected holographic display combined with laser based finger tracking.

His investigations into dark matter were rendered useless by Dr. David Underhill's observation of high energy positrons, the first conclusive evidence for the existence of galactic dark matter. Yet, together, they examined the radiation levels of photomultiplier tubes for a new dark matter detector. He later attempted to replicate the dark matter signal found in sodium iodide crystals by the Italians. Likewise, he has grown isotopically pure crystals for neutrino detection.

Leonard has carried out a series of anti proton decay experiments Derek Carr Authentic Jersey with negative results. His latest experiment consisted of twenty thousand data runs and no statistically significant results.

Dr. Hofstadter's tests of the Aharonov Bohm quantum interference effect reached an interesting point when examining the phase shift due to an electric potential, wherein he set up the voltages using tunnel junctions. Though, given the parameters of his experiment, the transport of electrons through the aperture of the nano fabricated metal rings was qualitatively no different than an experiment already conducted in the Netherlands. Their observed phase shift in the diffusing electrons inside the metal ring already conclusively demonstrated the electric www.nflraidersofficial.com/Nike-Khalil-Mack-Jersey.html analogue of the Aharonov Bohm quantum interference effect. On the other hand, collaboration with Dr. Arthur Jeffries on a paper about nano vacuum tubes was promising.

Since Stephen Hawking knew Dr. Hofstadter's research, Leonard was invited to join the professor's team, which sent an expedition to the North Sea to test hydrodynamic simulations of black holes. Sweet but sarcastic, Leonard also seems to be the most well adjusted one of the group, and is quick to try new things apart from his nerd friends.

He can, at times, be selfish, http://www.officialfootballjaguars.com/Nike-Blake-Bortles-Jersey.html putting his needs ahead of his friends. For example, after the guys returned from the Arctic Expedition, it was revealed that Leonard tricked Sheldon into believing that static from an electric can opener were "positive results". When Sheldon fled to Texas to live with his mother, Leonard, despite the trick being his idea, wanted Raj and Howard to go to Texas without him to convince Sheldon to come back, just so that he could have sex with . One more example of Leonard's occasional selfishness was when he was sleeping with Raj's sister Priya, and didn't seem to care how Raj felt about the situation.

Among the main characters, he generally has the least amount of difficulty interacting with "ordinary" individuals, as compared to Sheldon (who is unable to grasp social norms), Raj (who is unable to talk to women outside his family unless under the influence of alcohol), and even Howard (who is often seen as "creepy" when flirting with women).

Between Sheldon and him, Leonard is the only one who feels that he "should do something" when begins to recount her recent breakup. Leonard usually blurts out the wrong things in front of women when he is nervous, such as when he's trying to invite to lunch and mentions that curry is a natural laxative, or, as in "The Plimpton Stimulation" where he can't decide what to say he will often combine thoughts. Early in the series, Leonard tried to get rid of his collectibles to show maturity and impress . However, he changed his mind when he saw was already dating another man.

Leonard is indicated to be proficient in literature, history, and music as well as the sciences he is able to solve a woman's crossword puzzle in a matter of seconds (the answers were mostly literary in nature) and he can play the cello.

Having lived with Sheldon for seven years, they are best friends, and he is obligated to explain Sheldon's irrational behavior and serve as a mediator between him and other people in many situations. However, Leonard often gets very irritated by much of his behavior. For instance, when and Sheldon engaged in fierce dispute, Leonard gave the phone number of Sheldon's mother so she would call her son and scold Sheldon for his behavior, thus ending the fight, as shown in the episode "The Panty Piata Polarization".

Leonard is also upset that Sheldon dislikes his favorite show, Babylon 5, which Sheldon refuses to allow to be watched in his apartment. Like everyone, he dislikes his friend's habit of rattling off different trivial facts. Leonard's IQ of 173 is not as high as Sheldon's and the latter has scoffed at Leonard's whiteboard theories as common enough to be "scribbled on the wall of every men's room at MIT".

Leonard seems to get along well with Howard. Leonard and Howard even have a girlfriend pact, which Leonard invoked in "The Desperation Emanation" so that Howard would help him get a girlfriend. In "The Peanut Reaction", Howard tried to make Leonard's birthday a surprise, going as far as getting himself hospitalized, proving to Leonard how much Howard cares for him. Leonard also seems to get along well with Raj. Although Leonard does get irritated by much of Raj's impulsive and eccentric behavior, as in "The Griffin Equivalency" where Raj became pompous and self absorbed after being chosen to be in People magazine.

Leonard has a lot of conditions. He is lactose intolerant, asthmatic, bespectacled due to myopia, prone to carsickness Teddy Bridgewater Purple Jersey and migraines, gets a bloody nose after jogging, suffers from sleep apnea, allergies and a lot of ear infections, and possesses a genetic predisposition to heart disease. Leonard's primary health concern is his lactose intolerance. He avoids eating even small amounts of dairy products (including cheese, yoghurt, and butter), as Teddy Bridgewater Women Jersey well as melon and desserts at The Cheesecake Factory, for fear of his intestines blowing up like a balloon animal andresulting in the emission ofa {[wFlatusnoxious gas}} that Sheldon maintains can be weaponized.

Leonard is self conscious about his childhood bed wetting, particularly given his middle name, Leakey (he was named for noted British archaeologist and naturalist Louis Leakey). When under great stress, his voice is elevated to a high pitched whine or he gets sweaty. At times, Leonard's demeanor seems very low energy and somewhat irritable. Clumsy, he often bangs his head, which induces vomiting. Leonard is incredibly sensitive about his height (he stopped growing in 8th grade), although he enjoys pointing out that Howard is shorter.

Leonard is usually seen wearing his characteristic black framed glasses, neutral colored jackets or vests over a hoodie, low cut black Converse sneakers, brown trousers, and physics themed t shirts. Along with questionable fashion choices, including mismatched color schemes, he sometimes applies an absurd amount of hair gel. However, his girlfriends often buy him new clothes, and he has put aside his corduroy suit for formal occasions to don a fancy silk shirt and vest or blazer, much to 's approval.

Over the course of the series, despite retaining his nerdy habits, Leonard's confidence has grown and he has become more socially adept.