Pyotr Kapitsa vs Werner Heisenberg
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Compare the life timelines of Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984) and Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 75 years, from 1901 to 1976.
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Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984)
- — Born in Kronstadt, Russian Empire Verified
- — Moved to England to work at the Cavendish Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed director of the Mond Laboratory at Cambridge Verified
- — Detained in the Soviet Union Verified
- — Founded the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow Verified
- — Discovered the superfluidity of liquid helium Verified
- — Dismissed from his institute after refusing atomic bomb work Verified
- — Reinstated as director of the Institute for Physical Problems Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in Moscow, Soviet Union Verified
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)
- — Born in Würzburg, Germany Verified
- — Received doctorate in physics from the University of Munich Verified
- — Published the breakthrough paper founding matrix mechanics Verified
- — Appointed professor of theoretical physics at the University of Leipzig Verified
- — Formulated the uncertainty principle Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1932 Verified
- — Married Elisabeth Schumacher Verified
- — Led theoretical work in Germany's wartime nuclear program Verified
- — Became director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics Verified
- — Died in Munich, Germany Verified