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# Pyotr Kapitsa

(1894–1984)   Physicist

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Pyotr Kapitsa was a physicist, best known for *Peter kapitsa on life and science*.

## Quick Facts About Pyotr Kapitsa

Born June 26, 1894

Died April 8, 1984

Profession Physicist

Notable works Peter kapitsa on life and science

## About Pyotr Kapitsa

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, also known as Peter Kapitza, was a Russian and Soviet physicist, whose research focused on low-temperature physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978.

##  Quotes by Pyotr Kapitsa

> [Errors are many, truth is unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-kapitsa/errors-are-many-truth-is-unique/)

[Pyotr Kapitsa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pyotr-kapitsa/)

[Errors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/errors/)

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> [The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-kapitsa/the-crocodile-cannot-turn-its-head-like-all-science-it-must-always-go/)

[Pyotr Kapitsa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pyotr-kapitsa/)

[Crocodile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crocodile/)

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> [To talk of atomic energy in terms of atomic bombs is like talking of electricity in terms of the electric chair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-kapitsa/to-talk-of-atomic-energy-in-terms-of-atomic-bombs-is-like-talking-of/)

[Pyotr Kapitsa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pyotr-kapitsa/)

[Atomic bomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atomic-bomb/)

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> [“The year that Rutherford died (1938) there disappeared forever the happy days of free scientific work which gave us such delight in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-kapitsa/the-year-that-rutherford-died-1938-there-disappeared-forever-the/)

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[Become rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/become-rich/)

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