| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 50 - 4 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Academic |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Lev Davidovich Landau |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1968 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Duke University |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1962 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Christian Møller |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1904 |
| Year, Death: | 1980 |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
