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a leading Soviet physicist, engineer and Nobel laureate, best known for his work in low-temperature physics.
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Born
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa 8 July 1894 Kronstadt, Russian Empire
Died
8 April 1984 (aged 89) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality
Russian, Soviet
Known for
Superfluidity Kapitza instability Kapitza number Kapitza resistance Kapitza's pendulum Kapitsa–Dirac effect
Fields
Physics
Awards
FRS (1929) Faraday Medal (1942) Franklin Medal (1944) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1959) Rutherford Medal and Prize (1966) Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
adultbasic
Russia
Citizenship
Russian Empire (1894–1917) → RSFSR (1917–1922) → Soviet Union (1922–1984)
Doctoral students
David Shoenberg
era
1800+
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow