Kapitsa was elected a member ofthe Royal Sociaty for his outstanding scientific work in theproduction of large magnetic fields. In the middle of 1930s he organized the Institute of PhysicalProblems near Moscow. It was here that Kapitsa concentrated hisattention on the research of superlaw temperatures of liquidhelium and superconductivity. He showed that helium conducted heatso well because it flowed with remarkable ease. After the W.W.II his scientific activity was directed tospace research. In 1950s Kapitsa also turned his attention to balllightning - a phenomenon in which plasma exists for a much longerperiod than it was supposed. Kapitsa was awarded a Nobel Prize for his great contributionto world science in 1978. Today there are few names in the historyof phisics that can be placed next to his.