Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2000, V 70, N 1.

Science and Society

L. N. Mitrokhin
Scientific Knowledge and Religion on the Eve of the 21st Century 
p. 1

N. A. Anfimov and Yu. V. Biryukov
Contribution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
to the Development of Rocket Technology and Space Flights 
p. 11  

S. D. Varfolomeev, Yu. M. Evdokimov, and M. A. Ostrovskii
Sensory Biology, Sensor Technology, and Development of New Human 
Sense Organs 
p. 18  


Organization of Research Activity


Yu. V. Natochin
Recent Advances in Studying Human Regulatory Mechanisms 
p. 27  

M. I. Kuz'min
Main Results of the Baikal Project 
p. 41  


On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium


S. A. Shumskii
Neurocomputing: Competition with Human Brain 
p. 48


From the RAS Cathedra


F. G. Reshetnikov
Certain Aspects of the Problem of the Utilization
of Excess Weapons-Grade Plutonium in Russia 
p. 55  


From the Researcher's Notebook


M. T. Abasov, G. G. Kuliev, and R. D. Jevanshir
The Model of Lithospheric Evolution 
p. 66  


Discussion Forum


O.V. Krylov
Limited Resources as the Cause of a Future Crisis 
p. 72  


Review


V. Ya. Shevchenko and G. F. Tereshchenko
Research, Development, and Innovations in the Field of Ceramic 
and Glass Materials 
p. 82  

N. S. Shukhov
The Contribution of Russia's Economists to World Economics 
p. 88  


History of the Academy Institutions


A. F. Alimov, V. N. Tanasiichuk, and S. D. Stepan'yants
Collections of the Zoological Institute
of the Russian Academy of Sciences: A Treasure of World Science 
p. 95

A. L. Knipper and Yu. M. Pushcharovskii
The Seventieth Anniversary of the RAS Geological Institute: 
Its Past and Present 
p. 105  


Science Life


G. Ya. Tarle
Russians Dispersed Abroad: Survival or Extinction? 
p. 113

L. D. Belyakova and L. N. Kolomiets
Symposium on Surface Chemistry, Adsorption, and Chromatography 
p. 116

Yu. D. Chashechkin
Flows and Structures in Liquids 
p. 118

A. T. Tevosyan
Late 20th Century Theory of the Arts: Results and Outlook 
p. 122


Feedback


A. A. Sidorov
A Remark Concerning V.L. Ginzburg's Article "Faith and Reason"
(Vestn. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1999, no. 6) 
p. 124


Book Review


D. V. Rundkvist
The Atlas of Temporal Variations in Natural Processes,
vol. 1: Order and Chaos in the Lithosphere and Other Spheres,
Moscow: United Institute of Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1994.
The Atlas of Temporal Variations in Natural, Anthropogenic, and Social
Processes, vol. 2: Cyclic Dynamics in Nature and Society, Moscow: Nauchnyi
Mir, 1998 
p. 125


Official Section 


Awards and Prizes 
p. 128