Sheldon Lee Cooper Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series 'The Big Bang Theory'.
Sheldon, portrayed by the actor Jim Parsons is a senior theoretical physicist at The California
Institute of Technology (Caltech). For the first 10 seasons Sheldon share's an apartment with his
colleague and best friend Leonard Hofstadter.
Sheldon never had romantic relationship, his co-workers Howard and Raj decided to blackmail Sheldon into
meeting Amy Farrah Fowler, they matched him on a dating website.
Sheldon is often described as a stereotypical "geek", very intelligent but he tends to display childlike
qualities, such as extreme stubbornness and a lack of common sense. Sheldon possesses an eidetic memory and
an IQ of 187, although he claims his IQ cannot be accurately measured by normal tests.
Sheldon has an extensive general knowledge in many subjects including physics, chemistry, biology,
astronomy, cosmology, algebra, calculus, economics, computers, vexillology, engineering, history, geography,
linguistics, programming in Java, geology, football, trains, Star Trek and in addition to being fluent in
Klingon, has some knowledge of Swedish, Finnish, Hindi and Mandarin.
He also shows great talent in music, knowing how to play the piano, the bongos, the recorder, theremin,
shows some skill in Tuvan throat singing and also has perfect pitch. In response to criticism from his
friends that he is mentally ill, Sheldon often retorts, "I'm not crazy; my mother had me tested", which his
mother has confirmed to be true.
The courses in the SISE degree Sheldon would love are Introduction to programming in Java, Physics, Algebra.
He would expect from the course Internet development Environments to be challenging and Instructional. What
was hard in this assignment? He would say nothing (so arrogant). His role model is the character Spock
(science officer in the Star Trek), Sheldon is very connected to that character since he was a kid.
