Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002, V 72, N 5.

General Meeting of the RAS

Times Dictate Reforms
The Diary of the General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences 
p. 455

On the Activity of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2001
A Report by RAS President, Academician Yu.S. Osipov 
p. 462

On the Improvement of the Structure of the Russian Academy of Sciences
A Report by Chairperson of the Committee for the Improvement of the Structure
of the RAS, Academician G.A. Mesyats 
p. 465

Addresses by the Participants of the RAS General Meeting 
p. 468

On Amendments to the Statutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Report of Academician Yu.A. Osip'yan, Chairman of the RAS Statutes Commission 
p. 474

Contributions of Participants in the General Meeting 
p. 477

Regulations Governing Elections to the Russian Academy of Sciences
Report of Academician A.A. Gonchar,
Deputy Chairman of the Statutes Commission of the RAS 
p. 478

Contributions of Participants in the General Meeting 
p. 480

On Approving the 2001 Activity Report by the Presidium of the Russian Academy
of Sciences Resolution Passed by the RAS General Meeting 
p. 483

Organization of Research Activity


V. S. Letokhov
Femtosecond Laser Pulses: Prospects and Applications 
p. 489  

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium


B. N. Chetverushkin
High-Performance Multiprocessor Computer Systems: Training and Employing 
Specialists 
p. 495  

I. V. Melikhov
The Physicochemistry of Nanosystems: Advances and Problems 
p. 503  

Science Enters the Nanoworld 
p. 508

Problems of Ecology


B. S. Sokolov
A Paleontological View of Biodiversity 
p. 512  

O. H. Walliser
Is the Man-Made Environmental Disaster an Unavoidable Consequence
of Hominid Evolution and Cultural Development? 
p. 515  

From the Researcher's Notebook


L. P. Verevkin
The Brain Drain Revisited 
p. 523  

Profiles


A. I. Konovalov and L. V. Nesterov
The Outstanding Representative of the Kazan Chemical School
The 125th Anniversary of Academician A.E. Arbuzov 
p. 528

A. I. Leont'ev and I. L. Mostinskii
An Outstanding Authority in Thermal Physics and Power Generation
On the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician M.A. Styrikovich 
p. 533

History of Academy Institutions


A. F. Alimov, L. A. Kuderskii, and I. V. Telesh
The Association of Russian Hydrobiologists: Ideas and Plans 
p. 540

Times and Mores: Memoirs, Letters, Diaries


A. K. Platonov and R. K. Kazakova
First Attempts to Computerize the Path Measurements of an Artificial Satellite 
p. 545  

R. A. Medvedev
My Memories of Academician Sakharov 
p. 551  

Letters to the Editor


A. A. Komaritsyn
Wind-Power Engineering and Hydrography 
p. 564

In the Book World


S. S. Ilizarov
G.A. Mesyats, Spasti nauku (To Rescue Science), Moscow: Nauka, 2001, 255 pp. 
p. 567

E. I. Shemyakin
G.I. Marchuk and O.N. Marchuk, Maloizvestnye stranitsy iz zhizni nekotorykh 
Uchenykh (Little-Known Facts about the Life of Some Remarkable Scientists), 
Moscow, 2002, 216 pp. 
p. 571

Official Section


Decisions of the RAS Presidium 
p. 572

Award of RAS Medals with Cash Prizes for Young Scientists of the RAS,
Other Institutions and Organizations, and Students of Institutions
of Higher Education as Conferred by the 13th Contest, 2001 (nominated by RAS 
commissions of experts and the RAS Youth Activities Commission) 
p. 578

Awards and Prizes 
p. 582