Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, V 71, N 2.
We Are 70
N. A. Plate
The RAS Herald is 70 Years Old
p. 87
These People Headed the Editorial Board of Vestnik Rossiiskoi akademii nauk
(Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
p. 88
Readers' Comments on Vestnik RAN (Herald of the Russian Academy of
Sciences) p. 90
On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium
G. G. Malinetskii and S. P. Kurdyumov
Nonlinear Dynamics and the Problems of Prediction
p. 94
N. A. Chernoplekov
Superconductor Technologies: Present Status and Application Prospects
p. 114
Science and Society
V. I. Osipov
Natural Disasters at the Turn of the 20th Century
p. 130
From the Researcher's Notebook
V. S. Kovalevskii and M. G. Khublaryan
Improving the Efficiency of Water Resource Systems
p. 141
Point of View
A. S. Spirin
Protein Biosynthesis, the RNA World, and the Origin of Life
p. 146
Problems of Ecology
N. N. Klyuev
Reforming Russia: the Environmental Effects
p. 154
Interview
A Change of Blood
p. 160
Essay
O. N. Trubachev
The Prehistory of a Book
p. 165
Profiles
V. B. Belyanin
Light Is the Beginning: On the 125th Birthday
of Academician D.S. Rozhdestvensky
p. 170
Yu. I. Neimark
Creator of Nonlinear Dynamics and Physics
On the Centennial of Academician A.A. Andronov
p. 176
B. S. Sokolov
A Scientist and Encyclopedist
On the 90th Birthday of A.L. Yanshin
p. 181
Discussion Forum
I. A. Rezanov
The Conditions in Which Life Arose in the Solar System
p. 185
Bygone Times
R. A. Medvedev
The Private Collection of the "Coryphaeus of All Sciences"
p. 193
Reflections on a New Book
V. A. Spichkin
Doubling Wealth-Halving Resources
p. 197
Science Life
S. L. Tikhvinskii and A. O. Chubar'yan
The International Congress of Historians
p. 200
A. L. Buchachenko and B. R. Shub
Chemical Physics Today
p. 203
Book Review
V. K. Levashov
G.I. Marchuk, Zhizn' v Nauke (Life in Science), Moscow, Nauka, 2000
p. 204
Official Section
Awards and Prizes
p. 206
At the End of the Issue
V. V. Sinyukov
A Forgotten Naval Minister
p. 210