Pyotr Kapitsa in the 1930s
Native name Пётр Леонидович Капица
Born Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa
8 July 1894
Kronstadt, Russian Empire
Died 8 April 1984 (aged 89)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Citizenship Russian Empire (1894–1917) → RSFSR (1917–1922) → Soviet Union (1922–1984)
Nationality Russian, Soviet
Fields Physics
Doctoral students David Shoenberg
Known for Superfluidity
Notable awards
FRS
Faraday Medal
Franklin Medal
Lomonosov Gold Medal
Rutherford Medal and Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics