Pyotr Kapitsa

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/pyotr-kapitsa

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1. When was Pyotr Kapitsa born?July 9, 1894
2. Where was Pyotr Kapitsa born?Kronstadt, Russia
3. What did Pyotr Kapitsa study?He studied how matter behaves when it gets extremely cold, especially gases like helium.
4. Why did he make his own cold machines?He built special devices that could reach temperatures colder than any other scientists could at the time, so he could see new physics.

Low-Temperature Physics: The branch of physics concerned with the behavior of matter at temperatures approaching absolute zero.
Cryogenics: The science and technology of producing and maintaining very low temperatures and their effects on materials.
Superfluidity: A state of matter, observed in certain substances at very low temperatures, where it flows without viscosity.
Nobel Prize in Physics: The most prestigious international award recognizing exceptional contributions to the field of physics.