Kapitza

British

/ kəˈpitsa /

noun

Piotr Leonidovich (ˈpjɔt ^ə r liɔˈnidovitʃ). 1894–1984, Russian physicist. He worked in England and the USSR, doing research in several areas, particularly cryogenics; Nobel prize for physics in 1978

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The cheerful, striped floor covering, designed by sisters Petra and Nicole Kapitza, features a soil-resistant wool surface and cotton backing; 5 feet, 7 inches by 7 feet, 10 inches, $150.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

It’s not that he disdained fancy and expensive equipment; his students Ernest Walton, John Cockcroft and Piotr Kapitza did construct giant machines accelerating particles to high speeds and generating intense magnetic fields.

From Scientific American • Aug. 30, 2013

Reports trickling out of Russia last week said that Stalin had taken three steps on the atomic bomb: � He told Scientist Peter Kapitza to "build whatever you need" for basic atomic research.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tweedy, pipe-smoking Peter Kapitza has been there ever since, and he said he was perfectly happy when Dr. Langmuir saw him in Moscow last June.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since magnetism was best studied at extremely low temperatures, Kapitza became an authority on the liquefaction of gases at close to absolute zero.

From Time Magazine Archive

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