Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, V 71, N 1.


Science and Society

O. N. Favorskii Russia's Power Supply in the Next 20 Years p. 1
On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium

S. P. Denisov The Discovery of the Top Quark p. 5 V. A. Soifer Computer Processing of Images p. 11
Organization of Research Activity

G. G. Matishov Studies Focused on the Seas and Oceans p. 20
Problems of Ecology

A. M. Mikisha, L. V. Rykhlova, and M. A. Smirnov Pollution of Outer Space p. 25 V. A. Zubakov Climate in the History of the Biosphere p. 30
Point of View

I. L. Andreev Russia's Development Targets Revisited p. 39
Review

N. V. Karlov and N. N. Kudryavtsev "Many Are Called, but Few Are Chosen" p. 44 G. B. Udintsev The Face of the Earth: A Turn-of-the-Century View p. 52
Profiles

V. A. Sadovnichii Twenty-Two Years As Head of Moscow University: No Mean Feat Academician I.G. Petrovskii's Birth Centenary p. 63 M. G. Vandalovskaya Noble Service to the Goddess of History The 100th Anniversary of Academician M.V. Nechkina p. 70 Yu. V. Emel'yanov The Son of the Last Century Toward the 100th Birth Anniversary of V.S. Emel'yanov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences p. 76
Science News

V. A. Barabanshchikov, A. V. Brushlinskii, and D. V. Ushakov Psychology: New Frontiers p. 82
Official Section

Awards and Prizes p. 86