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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. Apr 04, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 18, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 04, 2023
Add new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Biography of P. L. Kapitsa. May 02, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Pyotr Kapitsa. Mar 07, 2019
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Pyotr L. Kapitsa is Dead at 89; Nobel Winning Soviet Physicist. Jan 18, 2017
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Pyotr Kapitsa. Jan 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Pyotr Kapitsa. May 05, 2013
Added new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Pyotr Kapitsa. Sep 25, 2008
Article revised and updated. Apr 06, 2007
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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