Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, V 73, N 4.

Science and Society 

The Crises of Modern Russia: Scientific Monitoring 
p. 319  

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium
 
D. S. L’vov 
Prospects for the Long-Term Socioeconomic Development of Russia 
p. 332  

Strategy for the Economic Development of Russia
Discussion at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences 
p. 341 


O. N. Favorskii and A. M. Starik 
Jet Engine Emission and the Effect of Aviation on Atmospheric Processes 
p. 345   

Organization of Research Activity
  

L. P. Verevkin and G. K. Safaraliev 
Are There Any Prospects for University Science? 
p. 353  

Problems of Ecology
  

L. A. Alibekov and P. K. Khadybullaev 
The Natural Mechanisms of Desertification 
p. 358  


50th Anniversary of the Discovery of DNA
   

E. K. Khusnutdinova 
The Ethnogenomics and Genetic History of Eastern European Peoples 
p. 365  

Yu. M. Evdokimov 
Liquid Crystal Forms of Nucleic Acids 
p. 373  


From the Researcher’s Notebook
    

S. A. Sycheva 
Can a Woman Make a Career in Russian Science? 
p. 382   


Point of View
     

G. A. Zavarzin 
The Antipode of the Noosphere 
p. 387   

I. A. Rezanov 
Hydrocarbons on the Continents and in the Oceans 
p. 396  


Review
      

V. A. Davankov and Ya. I. Yashin 
One Hundred Years of Chromatography 
p. 401  


A. A. Kolesnikov 
The Cognitive Potential of Synergetics 
p. 410  


Interview
       

A Unique Source of Old Russia’s History
An Interview with V.L. Yanin 
p. 417   


Profiles
        
L. L. Kiselev, G. I. Abelev, and F. L. Kiselev 
Lev Zil’ber: The Father of the Russian School of Virologists 
p. 425 


N. A. Grigor’yan 
The First Woman Academician
On the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of L.S. Shtern 
p. 437 


Yu. A. Zolotov 
The Leader of Russia’s Analytical Chemists
The Centenary of the Birth of Academician I.P. Alimarin 
p. 441


Science Life
         

V. E. Fortov 
Academician A.P. Aleksandrov: Milestones along a Great Path 
p. 447


R. M. Kachalov 
A Conference of the Academician Fedorenko Foundation 
p. 450 


In the Book World
          

N. V. Parin 
Okeanologicheskie issledovaniya frontal’noi zony Gol’fstrima. 
Poligon “Titanik” (The Oceanographic Studies of the Frontal 
Zone of the Gulf Stream: The Titanic Polygon),
Sagalevich, A.M., Bogdanov, Yu.A., and Vinogradov, M.E., Eds., 
Moscow: Nauka, 2002, 286 pp. 
p. 453 


Official Section
           

Awards and Prizes 
p. 455