Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, V 71, N3.

Science and Society


A. V. Zelenin
Gene Therapy: On the Threshold of the Third Millennium 
p. 215  

L. V. Kalakutskii
Access to Genetic Resources 
p. 223  

I. L. Andreev
Russia and Belarus: The Intellectual Reserve of Convergence 
p. 231

Ya. S. Yaskevich
Slavic Spiritual Traditions in Historical Context 
p. 235

Problems of Ecology

V. I. Naidenov
Land Hydrology: A New View 
p. 238  

K. Ya Kondrat'ev
Environmental Changes in Europe 
p. 247  


From the Researcher's Notebook

N. A. Krenke
The Mint: Archaeological Discoveries on the Grounds of Moscow University
p. 255  

Review


V. L. Aksenov
Four Decades of Neutron Investigations in Dubna 
p. 264  

Profiles


Yu. S. Osipov
A Life Abounding in Accomplishments
Centennial of Academician M.A. Lavrentyev 
p. 273  

N. L. Dobretsov
The Lavrentyev Triangle: Principles of the Organization of Science in
Siberia 
p. 278

G. I. Marchuk
On Behalf of the State 
p. 286

Yu. L. Shevchenko
"... A plant, a word, and a knife..."
The 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician N.N. Burdenko 
p. 292

O. P. Parenago
To Work in Order to Live and Study
On the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician S.S. Nametkin 
p. 297

A. G. Kulikovskii
A Short But Striking Life
The Centennial of Academician N.E. Kochin 
p. 303

V. I. Molchanov
The Last Years of Academician A.A. Trofimuk 
p. 307

Essay


A. L. Buchachenko
Chemistry is the Music of Nature 
p. 311  


In Memoriam


Vitalii Iosifovich Gol'danskii (1923-2001) 
p. 317

Science Life

N. N. Avdeeva
Human Potential Is Unlimited 
p. 319

Book Review

S. P. Kapitsa
Zh.I. Alferov, Fizika i zhizn' (Physics and Life), Moscow: Nauka, 2000, 255
p. p. 322

Official Section

Awards and Prizes 
p. 324