Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa

1/2 of prize
USSR (Russia)
born 1894, died 1984
CA - Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
AA - Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK & Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow, Russia
WA - Cambridge University & Institute for Physical Problems

"for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation"

Arno A. Penzias

1/4 of prize
Germany & USA
born 1933
CA - Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA
AA - Bell Laboratories
WA - Bell Laboratories

Robert W. Wilson

1/4 of prize
USA
born 1936
CA - Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA
AA - Bell Laboratories
WA - Bell Laboratories

Additional Information:

• Nobel e-Museum Prize in Physics 1978
• History of Low-temperature physics at Cambridge
• Cosmic Microwave background radiation explained from NASA
• Cosmic Microwave Background site at Chicago U.
• Nobel prize winning paper from Penzias and Wilson

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa:

• Pyotr Kapitza page from Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems

Arno A. Penzias:

• Arno Penzias home page at Bell Labs