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Kapitza

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/ kəˈpitsa /

noun

  1. 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

Kapitza, for example, has a country dacha and two chauffeurs; he said that if he wanted a house in the mountains the Government would gladly build him one.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Moscow, they found famed Physicist Peter Kapitza presiding over one of the world's best-equipped electronics laboratories�where a photoelectric cell ten times as good as any in the U.S. has been developed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The honor the Academy bestowed on Kapitza was a protest against the bristling barriers of secrecy and suspicion that now separate the scientists of the world.

From Time Magazine Archive