Pyotr Kapitsa
9 July 1894 – 8 April 1984
Pyotr Kapitsa was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics. He discovered the superfluidity of liquid helium and made major contributions to high-magnetic-field research and plasma physics. He founded the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow and shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Life events
Pyotr Kapitsa was born in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe joined Ernest Rutherford's Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe led the newly built Mond Laboratory for research in strong magnetic fields and low temperatures.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWhile visiting the USSR he was prevented from returning to Britain by Soviet authorities.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe established and directed the Institute for Physical Problems of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe demonstrated that liquid helium below the lambda point flows without viscosity.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was removed from his directorship and kept under effective house arrest after clashing with Lavrentiy Beria.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter Stalin's death he was restored to the leadership of his institute.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for his inventions and discoveries in low-temperature physics.
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