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Kapitsa the Scientist Who Defied Stalin and Survived
The article recounts Peter Kapitsa’s clashes with Joseph Stalin during 1934 and later, his forced return to the Soviet Union, and his subsequent work at the Institute of Problems of Physics. It notes his resilience, wartime innovations, and influence on both Soviet and Western science, including Rutherford’s mentorship and Kapitsa’s calls for frank, well funded research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Edelson
Soviet Union
England
Josef Stalin
Peter Kapitsa
Kapitsa
West
Russia
Macmillian Co
Leningrad
Anna
Stalin
British
Institute of Problems of Physics
Lord Rutherford
Rutherford
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge
Polytechnic Institute
Moscow
Maxim Gorky
Cavendish
America
Lss
Frederick
Denmark
Copenhagen