Kapitza, P. L. Experiment, Theory, Practice: Articles and Addresses (Eksperiment, teoriya, praktika. Stat'i, vystupleniya), 1981. In Russian

Капица П. Л. Эксперимент, теория, практика: Статьи, выступления. / Под ред. П. Е. Рубинина. — 3-е изд., доп.
Москва : Наука, Главная редакция физико-математической литературы, 1981.
496 с., ил. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, обычный формат.
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Kapitza, P. L. Experiment, Theory, Practice: Articles and Addresses (Eksperiment, teoriya, praktika. Stat'i, vystupleniya). / Ed. by P. E. Rubinin. — 3rd ed., enl.
Moscow : Nauka, Main Editorial Board for Physics and Mathematics Literature, 1981.
496 pp., ill. Hardcover, standard format.

This 1981 edition is the definitive expanded collection of writings by Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitza, one of the giants of 20th-century physics and a Nobel Prize laureate. Unlike a technical manual, this volume captures Kapitza as a philosopher of science, an organizer of legendary research institutes, and a public intellectual. It compiles his speeches, articles, and lectures spanning from the 1930s to the late 1970s, offering a rare window into the mind that pioneered low-temperature physics and survived the complex political landscape of the Soviet Union.
The book is structured to showcase Kapitza's multifaceted approach to discovery. It includes his accessible explanations of superfluidity (a phenomenon he discovered in liquid helium) and his work on high-power electronics and thermonuclear energy. Beyond pure physics, Kapitza explores the "creative labor" of the scientist, the vital symbiotic relationship between theory and experiment, and his thoughts on the global responsibility of scientists in the nuclear age.
A significant portion of the book is dedicated to biographical sketches of his mentors and colleagues, such as Ernest Rutherford, Ivan Pavlov, and Benjamin Franklin, through which Kapitza articulates his own scientific values. This third edition is particularly valued for its inclusion of later materials that refine his views on the environmental crisis and the future of energy. It remains an essential work for anyone interested in the ethics of science, the history of the "Kapitza Club," and the intellectual heritage of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.