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Nobel Prize in Physics 1978

"for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics"

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa
Button 1/2 of prize
Button USSR (Russia)
Button born 1894, died 1984
Button CA - Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Button AA - Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK & Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow, Russia
Button WA - Cambridge University & Institute for Physical Problems
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"for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation"

Arno A. Penzias
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Button Germany & USA
Button born 1933
Button CA - Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA
Button AA - Bell Laboratories
Button WA - Bell Laboratories
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Robert W. Wilson
Button 1/4 of prize
 Button USA
Button born 1936
Button CA - Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA
Button AA - Bell Laboratories
Button WA - Bell Laboratories
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*Explanation of CA, AA & WA*


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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa:

Arno A. Penzias:

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Explanation of Institutional Affiliations:
Current Affiliation (CA)
The Laureate's current or last affiliation.
Award Affiliation (AA)
The institution(s) with which the Laureate was officially associated when s/he did the Nobel award work.
Work Affiliation (WA)
Where the actual Nobel work was performed. Particularly in recent years, work leading to experimental discoveries is often conducted at one of a few large physics laboratories in the world.

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