What is Pyotr Kapitsa?
{{Infobox scientist |birth_name = Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa |native_name = Пётр Леонидович Капица |image = Pyotr L Kapitsa Russian physicist 1964.jpg |caption =Pyotr Kapitsa in 1964 |birth_date = {{birth date|1894|7|8|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Kronstadt, Russia|Kronstadt]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1984|4|8|1894|7|8|df=y}} |death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] |resting_place = [[Novodevichy Cemetery]], [[Moscow]] |residence = |nationality = [[Russian Empire|Russian]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] |citizenship = [[Russian Empire]] (1894–1917) → [[RSFSR]] (1917–1922) → [[Soviet Union]] (1922–1984) |field = [[Physics]] |workplaces = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisor = |doctoral_students = [[David Shoenberg]] |notable_students = |known_for = [[Superfluidity]]<br>[[Kapitza's pendulum]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = {{Plainlist| * [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] {{small|(1929)}} * [[Faraday Medal]] {{small|(1942)}} * [[Franklin Medal]] {{small|(1944)}} * [[Lomonosov Gold Medal]] {{small|(1959)}} * [[Rutherford Medal and Prize]] {{small|(1966)}} * [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] {{small|(1978)}} }} |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa''' or '''Peter Kapitza''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}} ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Пётр Леонидович Капица, [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Petre Capița ({{OldStyleDate|8 July|1894|26 June}}<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311753/Pyotr-Leonidovich-Kapitsa Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa]. Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> – 8 April 1984) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[physicist]] and [[engineer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alsos.wlu.edu/qsearch.aspx?browse=people/Kapitza,+Peter|title=Alsos: Browse Results: People: Kapitza, Peter|webs