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