Pyotr Kapitsa(1894)
PhysicsPyotr Kapitsa is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1978) from Russia. Their primary field is Physics. They were educated at University of Cambridge and Trinity College. They have been affiliated with A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography.
Russia
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Major Awards
7
Publications
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Citations
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physics
1978for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics
Moscow State UniversityMost Cited Works
Top publications by citation countRecent Publications
View all worksLetters to Mother: The Early Cambridge Period
Physics Today1990
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Yuliĭ Borisovich Khariton (on his eightieth birthday)
Physics-Uspekhi1984
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Wlodzimerz Trzebiatowski (Obituary)
Physics-Uspekhi1983
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Cambridge
Trinity College
Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
Doctoral Advisors
Career Timeline
A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography?–present
P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS?–present
University of Cambridge?–present
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University?–present
Ioffe Institute?–present
P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS1935–1946
Lomonosov Moscow State University1943–present
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology1956–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of SciencesPontifical Academy of SciencesIndian National Science AcademyAmerican Physical Society FellowRoyal Society of Canada
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
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John Bardeen
Japan Prize (1985)
JC
John Clarke
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
MH
Michel H. Devoret
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
JM
John M. Martinis
Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
JJ
John J. Hopfield
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
Ferenc Krausz
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
Anne L'Huillier
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
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