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Five years ago a distinguished Russian-born scientist named Peter Kapitza committed an imprudence. He was, at the time, comfortably installed in England. His mistake was that he went back to Russia...
...Cambridge University's famed Cavendish Laboratory, Peter Kapitza had done such astonishing work on magnetism and low temperatures that they built a special laboratory for him. By building up and suddenly short-circuiting huge accumulations of electricity through a set of coils, Kapitza produced magnetic fields five times more powerful than any before...
...keep the coils from blowing up, Kapitza cooled them with liquid helium (four degrees or less above absolute zero). He designed his own helium liquefier...
...that crucial point Dr. Kapitza went to his native land to attend a convention. When he started to return to England, the Soviet Government refused him permission to leave, explained bluntly that his services were needed at home. Peter Kapitza wailed that his work was in pure science, could not possibly push the Second Five-Year Plan. The high command, with an eye for prestige as well as services, was adamant. The Soviet Embassy in London issued a statement...
...Kapitza has been appointed director of the new Institute of Physical Research. . . . This institute was especially founded for him by the Soviet Government. Large sums were set aside for the building and its equipment under the directorship of Professor Kapitza. ... As far as his personal life is concerned he is comfortably situated and receiving adequate remuneration...