Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, V 71, N 5.


Science and Society

Yu. M. Lopukhin Bioethics in Russia p. 451 B. G. Yudin Morals, Biology, Law p. 455 N. L. Dobretsov, A. E. Kontorovich, and V. V. Kuleshov Strategic Growth Points and Problems of National Significance in Siberia p. 463 I. M. Makarov and V. A. Rukavishnikov Expositions Conducted by the Russian Academy of Sciences p. 475
Organization of Research Activity

B. S. Sokolov Concerning Basic and Applied Sciences p. 480
On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium

V. I. Molodin Archaeology: The Results and Prospectsof Interdisciplinary Exploration p. 484 I. D. Novikov The Inflationary Model of the Early Universe p. 493 The Cutting Edge of Physical Research Discussion at RAS Presidium p. 502 N. A. Plate, L. I. Valuev, and V. A. Knyazhev The Possibilities to Develop New Forms of Drugs with the Use of Polymeric Hydrogels p. 505 Discussion of N.A. Plate's Report p. 514
Point of View

A. D. Armand The Hierarchy of the World's Information Structures p. 520 A. V. Fesenko, A. V. Belyakov, Yu. N. Til'kunov, and T. P. Moskvina On the Dating of the Shroud of Turin p. 528
Form the Researcher's Notebook

B. V. Petrovskii and A. A. Ragimov Transfusion Medicine: Time, Problems, People p. 532
Review

E. V. Ametistov and A. S. Dmitriev New Branch of Science and Praxis-Monodisperse Technologies p. 537
Profiles

Selfless Service to Science Academician A.S. Spirin's 70th Birthday p. 544 S. I. Adyan Wizard of Fundamental Mathematical Constructions On the Centennial of the Birth of Academician P. S. Novikov p. 547
Bygone Times

V. V. Babkov Medical Genetics in the Soviet Union p. 553
Science Life

A. M. Sagalevich Deep Sea Research Problems p. 562 O. P. Parenago New Hits in Petrochemistry p. 566
Book Review

V. E. Khain E.E. Milanovskii, Al'fred Vegener (1880-1930) (Alfred Wegener, 1880-1930), Moscow: Nauka, 2000. 239 p. p. 569 N. I. Egorova A. Fursenko and T. Naftali, Adskaya igra: Sekretnaya istoriya Karibskogo krizisa (The Diabolic Game: The Secret Story of the Caribbean Crisis), Moscow: Geya iterum, 1999. p. 571 A. A. Ulunyan Vostochnaya Evropa mezhdu Gitlerom i Stalinym, 1939-1941 (Eastern Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, 1939-1941), Moscow: Indrik, 1999. 528 p. p. 575 V. V. Trepavlov A.A. Gorskii, Moskva i Orda (Moscow and the Horde), Moscow: Nauka, 2000. 214 p. p. 578 Ya. G. Rokityanskii and V. Khedeler O.V. Budnitskii, Terrorizm v rossiiskom osvoboditel'nom dvizhenii: ideologiya, etika, psikhologiya (vtoraya polovina XIX - nachalo XX veka) (Terrorism in the Russian Liberation Movement: Ideology, Ethics, Psychology-Second Half of the 19th-Early 20th Century), Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2000. 399 p. p. 581
Official Section

Awards and Prizes p. 584