Portrait of Pyotr Kapitsa
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Pyotr Kapitsa, full name Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, was a renowned Russian physicist who made significant contributions to various fields of physics, particularly in low-temperature physics and the study of superfluidity. He was born on July 8, 1894, in Kronstadt, Russia, and passed away on April 8, 1984.