Herald of RAS, 2003, V 73, N 2.

Science and Society 


G. G. Onishchenko, L. S. Sandakhchiev, S. V. Netesov, and R. A. Martynyuk 
Bioterrorism: a National and Global Threat 
p. 127   

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium 

V. P. Smirnov 
Nuclear Fusion Research 
p. 136   


Organization of Research Activity 

A. G. Allakhverdyan 
Scientific Research Personnel: Has the Exodus Stopped? 
p. 147   


Point of View 

V. L. Ginzburg and I. L. Fabelinskii 
On the History of the Discovery of the Combination Scattering of Light 
p. 152   

A. Z. Seleznev 
Funding Science in Russia: Declarations and Realities 
p. 157   


Review 

S. A. Ostroumov 
The Functions of Living Substances in the Biosphere 
p. 164   

Interview 

The Maker of Antiaircraft Missile Systems 
An Interview with Academician B.V. Bunkin 
p. 170   

Time of Strategic Decisions 
p. 175   


Profiles 

K. V. Simakov 
The Unknown about the Known
On the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician V.I. Vernadsky 
p. 180 

A. A. Grigor’ev and N.A. Grigor’yan 
From the Deep of the Microworld to the Heights of Space
On the Centenary of the Birth of Academician V.V. Parin 
p. 185


Discussion Forum 

I. L. Andreev 
Russian Science: A View from the Future 
p. 191   


Bygone Times 



K. N. Zelenin, A. D. Nozdrachev, and E. L. Polyakov 
The House That Berthollet Built
The Genealogy of a Scientific Dynasty 
p. 200   


History of Academic Institutions 

G. R. Ivanitskii 
Fifty Years: Legends and Reality 
p. 210   


Reflections on a New Book 


Yu. V. Chaikovskii 
Immunity and Evolution: Fear of the Other Extreme 
p. 219 

Ya. V. Bezel’ 
Is It Possible to Improve the Work of the Mind? A New Approach
to the Problem 
p. 228


In the Book World 

T. I. Zaslavskaya 
Sotsial’naya politika v postsotsialisticheskom obshchestve: 
zadachi, protivorechiya, mekhanizmy (Social Policy in Postsocialist Society: 
Targets, Contradictions, and Mechanisms, Moscow: Nauka, 2001, 647 pp. 
p. 231 

G. A. Zavarzin 
G. R. Ivanitskii, Ubegayushchee vremya (Fleeting Time), 
Moscow: Nauka Press, 2001, 208 pp. 
p. 234

M. L. Gasparov 
G. M. Bongard-Levin, Iz “Russkoi mysli” (From Russkaya Mysl’), 
St. Petersburg: Aleteiya, 2002, 232 pp. 
p. 236 


Official Section 

Awards and Prizes p. 238