Pyotr Kapitsa

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.

Pyotr Kapitsa
Пётр Леонидович Капица
Pyotr Kapitsa in 1964
Born	Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (1894-07-08)8 July 1894 Kronstadt, Russian Empire
Died	8 April 1984(1984-04-08) (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