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