Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2000, V 70, N 4.

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium

K. A. Valiev
Quantum Informatics: Computers, Communication, and Cryptography 
p. 305

Yu. P. Semenov
New Russian Technologies in Recent Space Rocketry 
p. 312  

A. Yu. Rumyantsev
The Kurchatov Institute Science Center Gets a Synchrotron 
p. 325  


Science and Society


N. V. Karlov and N. N. Kudryavtsev
On the History of Elite Engineering Education 
p. 333  


Organization of Research Activity


B. S. Sokolov
From the Beginnings of the Russian Mining Department to 
Modern Paleontology
p. 342  


Review


L. V. Polezhaev
Factors of Regeneration of Nonregenerating Organs and Tissues 
p. 349


Problems of Ecology


L. S. Popyrin
Natural and Anthropogenic Accidents in Heat-Supply Systems 
p. 355  


Profiles


V. A. Chereshnev, V. N. Bol'shakov, and M. Ya. Chebotina
 "I Was Born Russian, and There Are No Apparent Means to Change This Fact"
p. 361


Point of View


I. I. Gitel'zon, S. I. Bartsev, V. V. Mezhevikin, and V. A.
Okhonin
Distant Space: People or Robots? 
p. 366  

A. A. Sidorov and I. N. Tomson
Ore-bearing in Black Shale Masses: The Convergence of Alternative
Concepts
p. 375  


Discussion Forum


Kh. M. Dumanov and A. I. Pershits
Matriarchy: A New View of an Old Problem 
p. 380  


Times and Mores: Memoirs, Letters, Diaries


V. P. Maslov
Masaryk Sought Restoration of Lawfully Elected Government in Russia 
p. 386


Bygone Times


G. I. Smagina
The Academy of Sciences and Education in 18th-Century Russia 
p. 393


Science Life


E. B. Burlakova
The Destiny of the Planet-the Destiny of Humanity 
p. 402  


Feedback


U. V. Chashchikhin
Arguments Against the "New Chronology" of A.T. Fomenko 
p. 406


Book Review


V. S. Myasnikov
A Russian Anti-Malthus
Kapitsa, S.P., Obshchaya teoriya rosta chelovechestva: skol'ko lyudei
zhilo, zhivet i budet zhit' na Zemle (A General Theory of Population Growth:
How Many People Lived, Are Living, and Will Live on Earth), Moscow: Nauka,
1999 
p. 407

V. L. Yanin
Drevnyaya Rus' v svete zarubezhnykh istochnikov
(Ancient Russia in the Light of Foreign Sources), Moscow: Logos, 1999
p. 412


Official Section


Awards and Prizes 
p. 415