Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Volume 67, Number 2, 1997


General Meeting of the RAS

Five Difficult Years p. 65 Speeches at the General Meeting of the RAS p. 74 L.I. Abalkin, V.A. Koptyug, and G.V. Osipov Letter to the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu.S. Osipov p. 88 On the Activities of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1992–1996 and Its Tasks in the Immediate Future p. 89 Appeal of the General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the Federal Assembly and the Government of the Russian Federation p. 90
Organization of Research Activity

A. A. Fursenko, N. N. Bolkhovitinov, and A. O. Chubarian To What Extent Are National Archives Open? p. 91 V. P. Kozlov The Heavy Burden of Truth p. 92 E. Z. Mirskaya The Role of International Interaction in the Professional Activity of Russian Scientists p. 95 N. P. Fedorenko Thirty Years of the Institute of the Far East p. 103
A Review

A. Yu. Rozanov and G. A. Zavarzin Bacterial Paleontology p. 109
Problems of Ecology

G. V. Dobrovol'skii The Silent Crisis of the Planet p. 114
From a Researcher's Notebook

L. S. Maikovskaya and F. N. Il'yasov The Influence of Musical Preferences on Group Behavior p. 121
Point of View

K. V. Simakov Real Time in a Natural-Science Dimension p. 125 A. I. Salitskii On the Theoretical Inadequacy of Contemporary Social Knowledge p. 133
An Essay

G. K. Shirokov Trends of Socioeconomic Growth p. 139
Profiles

R. N. Shcherbakov Thomas Edison, a Foreign Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences p. 146
Letters to the Editor

V. L. Ginzburg and L. V. Keldysh A Letter to the President and Members of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences: The Age Qualification in Elections to the Academy of Sciences Cannot Be Tolerated p. 149
In the Book World

V. N. Kudryavtsev Yakovets, Yu.V., Istoriya tsivilizatsii(A History of Civilizations), Moscow: Vladar, 1995, 460 pp. p. 151 A. V. Buzgalin Inozemtsev, V.L., K teorii postekonomicheskoi obshchestvennoi formatsii (Toward a Theory of Posteconomic Social Formation), Moscow: Taurus, Vek, 1995, 336 pp. p. 153
Official Section

Decisions of the Russian Academy of Science Presidium p. 158 AWARDS AND PRIZES p. 159