Pyotr Kapitsa

Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Kapitsa
Пётр Леонидович Капица
	Pyotr Kapitsa in 1964
Born	Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa; 8 July 1894; Kronstadt, Russian Empire
Died	8 April 1984 (aged 89); Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality	Russian, Soviet
Citizenship	Russian Empire (1894–1917) → RSFSR (1917–1922) → Soviet Union (1922–1984)
Known for	Superfluidity; Kapitza's pendulum
Awards	FRS (1929); Faraday Medal (1942); Franklin Medal (1944); Lomonosov Gold Medal (1959); Rutherford Medal and Prize (1966); Nobel Prize in Physics (1978);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Doctoral students	David Shoenberg

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza FRS (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița (8 July [O.S. 26 June] 1894^[1] – 8 April 1984) was a Soviet physicist and engineer.^[2] He was best known for his work in low-temperature physics. He won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics.

References

↑ Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa. Encyclopædia Britannica
↑ "Alsos: Browse Results: People: Kapitza, Peter". alsos.wlu.edu. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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[1] Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa. Encyclopædia Britannica

[2] "Alsos: Browse Results: People: Kapitza, Peter". alsos.wlu.edu. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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