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Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița is the leading Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize winner, famous for his work in low temperature physics.
Native nameПётр Леонидович Капица
BornPyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, July 8, 1894, Kronstadt, Russian Empire
DiedApril 8, 1984, Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
CitizenshipRussian Empire (1894–1917) → RSFSR (1917–1922) → Soviet Union (1922–1984)
NationalityRussian, Soviet
FieldsPhysics
Doctoral studentsDavid Shoenberg
Known forSuperfluidity, Kapitza's pendulum
Notable awardsFRS (1929), Faraday Medal (1942), Franklin Medal (1944), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1959), Rutherford Medal and Prize (1966), Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)

About Pyotr Kapitsa

Physicist Pyotr Kapitsa was born on July 8, 1894 in Russia (He dies at the age of 89, on April 8, 1984).

Russian physicist who discovered superfluidity and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978. He collaborated with fellow Nobel laureate Physicist Ernest Rutherford for nearly a decade.

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Pyotr Kapitsa before becoming famous

Pyotr Kapitsa was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1894 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

His research at Cambridge University in England led to the discovery of a method for producing liquid helium more effectively.

Achievement of Pyotr Kapitsa

In 1934, he traveled to the Soviet Union from Cambridge, but was denied permission to return, and thus spent the remainder of his life in Moscow.

Pyotr Kapitsa's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He married Anna Alekseevna Krylova, the daughter of another well-known Russian academic, and they had two boys together, Sergei and Andrei.

Pyotr Kapitsa Collabed with

He had a falling out with the Russian secret police chief, but he was spared because Politician Joseph Stalin took Pyotr's side in the conflict.

Pyotr Kapitsa Income & Net worth

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Pyotr Kapitsa Height and Weight

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Latest information about Pyotr Kapitsa updated on March 16 2023.