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Pyotr Kapitsa

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, also known as Peter Kapitza, was a Russian and Soviet physicist, whose research focused on low-temperature physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978.

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science · Russian and Soviet physicist (1894–1984) · physicist · inventor · professor · also Pyotr Kapitsa, Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Peter Kapitza, Kapitsa

Born 26 June 1894 · Died 8 April 1984 · Q172844

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Jun 1981Award
Won Helmholtz Medal (1981).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics.
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2021· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2021Documented record79% confidence

Published “High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s” in Nature Communications — cited 308 times.

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2014· 2 entries

Jul 13, 2014Documented record69% confidence

RBTH: The groundbreaking life and work of Pyotr Kapitsa

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Jul 10, 2014Documented record69% confidence

RBTH: ‘Above all limitations’: The groundbreaking life and work of Pyotr Kapitsa

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1996· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1996Documented record79% confidence

Published “A large deep freshwater lake beneath the ice of central East Antarctica” in Nature — cited 284 times.

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1984· 3 entries

Apr 8, 1984Documented record86% confidence

Died 1984-04-08.

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1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was the only presidium member who was not also a member of the Communist Party

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1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Kapitsa died on 8 April 1984 in Moscow, at the age 89.

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1981· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1981Documented record84% confidence

Won Helmholtz Medal (1981).

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1978· 3 entries

Dec 10, 1978Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics.

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Jun 15, 1978Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1978).

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1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Kapitsa won the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics" and was also cited for his long term role as a leader in the development of this area

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1974· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1974Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1974).

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Jun 15, 1974Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Lenin (1974).

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1973· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1973Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Simon Memorial Prize (1973).

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1971· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1971Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Lenin (1971).

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1968· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1968Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Kamerlingh Onnes Award (1968).

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1966· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1966Documented record84% confidence

Won Rutherford Medal and Prize (1966).

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1966Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Kapitsa was allowed to visit Cambridge to receive the Rutherford Medal and Prize

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1965· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1965Documented record84% confidence

Won Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1965).

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1964· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1964Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Lenin (1964).

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Jun 15, 1964Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of the Partisan Star (1964).

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1959· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1959Documented record84% confidence

Won Cothenius Medal (1959).

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Jun 15, 1959Documented record84% confidence

Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (1959).

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1958· 1 entry

1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

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1954· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1954Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1954).

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1945· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1945Documented record84% confidence

Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1945).

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Jun 15, 1945Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Lenin (1945).

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Jun 15, 1945Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1945).

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1944· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1944Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Lenin (1944).

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Jun 15, 1944Documented record84% confidence

Won Franklin Medal (1944).

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Jun 15, 1944Documented record84% confidence

Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger (1944).

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1943· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1943Documented record84% confidence

Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1943).

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Jun 15, 1943Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Lenin (1943).

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1942· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1942Documented record84% confidence

Won Faraday Medal (1942).

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1941· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1941Documented record84% confidence

Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1941).

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1939· 1 entry

1939Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Developed a new method for liquefaction of air with a low-pressure cycle using a special high-efficiency expansion turbine

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1934· 2 entries

1934Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Developed new and original apparatus (based on the adiabatic principle) for making significant quantities of liquid helium

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1934Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Kapitsa returned to Russia to visit his parents but the Soviet Union prevented him from travelling back to Great Britain

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1928· 1 entry

1928Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Discovered the linear relation between resistivity and magnetic field strength in various metals under very strong magnetic fields

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1927· 1 entry

1927Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

To Anna Alekseyevna Krylova (1903–1996), daughter of applied mathematician Aleksey Krylov

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1914· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1914Documented record84% confidence

Studied at Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute (1914).

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1894· 1 entry

Jun 26, 1894Documented record86% confidence

Born 1894-06-26.

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