Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, V 73, N 1.

Science and Society

K. Ya. Kondrat'ev, K. S. Losev, M. D. Ananicheva, and I. V. Chesnokova
The Price of Russia's Environmental Services 
p. 1  

M. A. Pal'tsev
Biological Security 
p. 12  

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium


V. M. Lobashev
Measurements of the Mass of the Neutrino in Tritium Beta Decay 
p. 17  

The Neutrino Mass: A Fundamental Problem of Physics
Discussion at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences 
p. 26

Review


A. S. Spirin
Ribonucleic Acids: The Key Link of Living Matter 
p. 30  

Point of View


A. I. Rakitov
Science and Science Studies in the 21st Century 
p. 40  

Interview


In the 21st Century Physics Will Still Be in the Vanguard 
p. 50  

Essay


I. L. Andreev
A Handless Dial 
p. 54  

Profiles


E. P. Velikhov
From the Nuclear Bomb to Nuclear Power Stations
On the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician I.V. Kurchatov 
p. 62

V. V. Rumyantsev
Devotion to Science
On the Centenary of the Birth of N.G. Chetaev,
Corresponding Member, USSR Academy of Sciences 
p. 68

N. A. Chernoplekov
A Beacon of the Age
On the Centenary of the Birth of Academician A.P. Aleksandrov 
p. 75

V. S. Chesnokov
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: His Life and Discoveries 
p. 90

Discussion Forum


G. R. Ivanitskii
A Delusion or a Hoax? 
p. 95  

A. I. Vorob'ev
A Commentary 
p. 100

K. P. Ivanov
Pseudoscience Stems from Incompetence 
p. 101

Times and Mores: Memoirs, Letters, Diaries


N. V. Karlov
Power of the Intellect 
p. 104  

Letters to the Editor


D. S. L'vov
From V.I. Vernadsky to N.N. Moiseev 
p. 110

Reflections on a New Book


G. A. Agranat
Geography: The Achievements of a Science, the Success of a Scholar
p. 111

In the Book World


L. I. Leont'ev
Metallurgicheskie zavody Urala XVII-XX vv.: Entsiklopediya
(Ural Metallurgical Works in the 17th-20th Centuries: Encyclopedia),
Editor in Chief Academician V.V. Alekseev, Yekaterinburg: Akademkniga,
2001, 536 pp. 
p. 115

V. V. Dam'e
XX vek. Kratkaya istoricheskaya entsiklopediya, t. 1
(The 20th Century: A Concise Historical Encyclopedia, vol. 1),
Moscow: Nauka, 2001, 478 pp. 
p. 118

G. A. Shpil'ko
Innovatsionnaya ekonomika (Innovational Economics), Moscow: Nauka, 2001, 294 
pp. p. 120

V. V. Ermakov
G.N. Saenko, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky: Uchenyi i myslitel'
(Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky: Scientist and Thinker), Moscow: Nauka, 2002,
235 pp. 
p. 122

Official Section


Awards and Prizes 
p. 124