Pyotr Kapitsa
Soviet physicist and Nobel Laureate (1894–1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza FRS (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița; 9 July [O.S. 26 June] 1894[2] – 8 April 1984) was a leading Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate,[3][4] whose research focused on low-temperature physics.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidovich and the family name is Kapitsa.
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Пётр Капица | |
Born | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (1894-07-09)9 July 1894 |
Died | 8 April 1984(1984-04-08) (aged 89) |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
Citizenship | USSR |
Known for | Superfluidity Kapitza instability Kapitza number Kapitza resistance Kapitza's pendulum Kapitsa–Dirac effect |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Moscow State University |
Doctoral advisor | Abram Ioffe |
Doctoral students | David Shoenberg |
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