Петр Капица /english/

He graduated from the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute in 1919.Kapitsa took a great interest in physics while still at the institute.In 1921 Kapitsa was sent to England on Lenin's instructions to renew scientific contacts.He worked in the famous Cavendish Laboratory headed by Rutherford.In the middle of 1930s he organized the Institute of Physical Problems near Moscow.He showed that helium conducted heat so well because it flowed with remarkable ease.After the W.W.II his scientific activity was directed to space research.Kapitsa was awarded a Nobel Prize for his great contribution to world science in 1978.Today there are few names in the history of physics that can be placed next to his.