Pyotr Kapitsa: Physicist and Nobel Laureate Early Life and Education:Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa was born on June 9, 1894, in Kronstadt, Russia. His father, Leonid Petrovich Kapitsa, was a military engineer. Pyotr’s early education took place in St. Petersburg. In 1914, he entered the Petrograd Polytechnical Institute, where he studied engineering. However, World War I interrupted… Continue reading Biography of Famous Scientist Pyotr Kapitsa