Nobel laureate: Pyotr Kapitsa
Born: 1894-07-09, Kronshtadt, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Died: 1984-04-08, Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Gender: male
Prizes:
year: 1978
category: physics
share: 2
motivation: "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics"
affiliations: name: Academy of Sciences
city: Moscow
country: USSR (now Russia)