Anna Kapitsa is a person of a unique destiny: the daughter of an academician, in her youth she dreamed of becoming an archaeologist. But a chance meeting in Paris with the outstanding physicist Pyotr Kapitsa radically changed her life. A famous saying goes: “Behind every great man there is a great woman.” His faithful wife was exactly such a muse for Pyotr Kapitsa. A person of extraordinary intelligence and strong-willed character, Anna was the first to propose marriage to her future husband. Career ups and downs, the founding of MEPhI and the world triumph - the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 - all these are milestones in the amazing life of Pyotr Leonidovich, which cannot be imagined without the faithful Anna Alekseevna. This book is a treasure trove of her memory, capturing the life of an outstanding scientist who changed science forever. The book was prepared by E.L. Kapitsa and P.E. Rubinin – personal trusted assistant to Academician P.L. Kapitsa, equipped with explanatory articles and necessary comments.