Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Volume 67, Number 3, 1997.

Science and Society


 V. S. Stepin
Philosophy at the Turn of the Centuries 
p. 161  

 D. S. L'vov
Economic Science in New Russia 
p. 168  

 E. V. Balatskii
Labor Out-Migration Waves in the Transitional Economy 
p. 177  


 Organization of Research


 N. P. Lyakishev
New Materials: In Search of an Exact Address 
p. 184  

 Yu. A. Zolotov
Chemical Analysis without a Laboratory: Quick-Test Techniques 
p. 191
 

  Review


 S. L. Shvartsev
The Water–Rock Geological System 
p. 196  


 Essay


 A. N. Pavlenko
An Epistemological Turnabout 
p. 202  


  Times and Mores: Memoirs, Letters, and Diaries


 V. D. Esakov
Why P.L. Kapitsa Was Denied the Right to Travel Abroad 
p. 210  


 Profiles


 V.P. Lishevskii
Georgii Shpagin, Weapons Designer 
p. 221  


 Fragments of Future Books


The Russian Economy in the 1990s 
p. 223  


The World of Books


 A.E. Sheindlin
Subbotin, V.I., Razmyshleniya ob atomnoi energetike
(Reflections on Nuclear Power), St. Petersburg: OEEP RAN, 1995, 216 pp.
p. 231  

 S.I. Semenov
Nazaretyan, A.P., The Effects of Aggression, Morality, and Crises 
on World Culture
(The Synergy of Historical Progress), 2nd ed., supplemented and extended,
Moscow: Nasledie, 1996, 184 pp. 
p. 233  

 E.I. Grigolyuk
Timoshenko, S.P., Engineering Education in Russia, New York: McGraw-Hill,
1959, 80 pp.
(Russian translation: Liubertsy: VINITI, 1996, 82 pp.) 
p. 237  


 Official Section


Decisions of the RAS Presidium 
p. 239