Pyotr Kapitsa was awarded Nobel Prize 1978 in Physics "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics."
                            Nationality    Russian Federation
                            Institution    Academy of Sciences Moscow
                            Award          1978
                            Discipline     Physics
                            Co-recipients  Arno Penzias, Robert W. Wilson
                            MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1978 in Physics "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics."
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