The 275th Anniversary of the RAS
Bioorganic Chemistry on the Threshold of Another Century p. 95
K. N. Zelenin and A. D. Nozdrachev Under the Skies of Schiller and Goethe p. 102
Science and Society
F. Press The Making of a Scientist in the Golden Age of Science p. 114
E. B. Aleksandrov and V. L. Ginzburg Concerning Pseudoscience and Its Propagandists p. 118
O. O. Savel’eva Russian Science in the Eyes of Students p. 122
O. N. Favorsky Heat and Power in Russia p. 127
F. E. Sheregi The Historical Awareness of Russians p. 138
A. M. Mikisha and M. A. Smirnov Catastrophes on the Earth Caused by the Fall of Celestial Bodies p. 143
Profiles
A. A. Abdulin Outstanding Scholar, Organizer of Science, and Public Figure p. 152
D. V. Rundkvist The First President of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan p. 155
V. A. Pavlov Reformer of Russian Finances p. 158
Yu. V. Natochin and E. V. Rozengart The Basis of the Basic p. 161
An Essay
A. V. Oleskin The Potential of Modern Biology in Russia p. 168
Science Life
G. R. Ivanitskii A Gift of Life or a Kiss of Death? p. 173
Book Review
Yu. A. Zolotov Yu. M. Siverin, Khimiki Rossiiskoi imperii, SSSR i Rossiiskoi Federatsii
(Chemists of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union,
and the Russian Federation), Moscow, 1997, 319 pp. p. 177A. V. Kotel’nikova Akademik Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Baev: Ocherki, perepiska, vospominaniya
(Academician Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Baev: Essays, Correspondence, Reminiscences),
Mirzabekov, A.D., Ed., Moscow: Nauka, 1977, 522 pp. p. 179
Official Section
Awards and Prizes p. 182