Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004, V 74, N 1.

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium 


A. M. Vasil’ev 
The Iraqi War: Its Regional and Global Consequences 
p. 1   

E. P. Kruglyakov 
What Is the Danger of Pseudoscience to Society? 
p. 6   

The Flourish of Pseudoscience Is the Effect of a 
Crisis in Public Consciousness
Discussion at the RAS Presidium 
p. 14

V. I. Konov, V. V. Osiko, and I. A. Shcherbakov 
Fundamental Achievements in Optics and Laser 
Physics for Medicine 
p. 25   

Yu. V. Gulyaev 
Potentialities of Applying New Medical Equipment Designed
by Academic Institutes at RAS Patient Care Institutions 
p. 38

We Are Expecting a Breakthrough in the Diagnosis
and Treatment of Diseases Discussion at the RAS Presidium 
p. 42 

Problems of Ecology 


N. S. Kasimov, Yu. L. Mazurov, and V. S. Tikunov 
The Concept of Sustainable Development: Its Perception in Russia 
p. 48   


Point of View 


N. N. Veniaminov 
Detection of Undeclared Activities to Enrich Uranium Using
the Electromagnetic Method 
p. 56   


Interview 

Fifty Years of Soviet and Russian Molecular Biology: 
From Lysenko’s Pogrom to Resurrection and Decline 
p. 61   

Essay 


D. G. Podvoiskii 
National Character as a Factor of Economic Life 
p. 65   


Profiles  


V. A. Martynov 
Economic Research Organizer of the Thaw Period
On Academician A.A. Arzumanyan’s Birth Centenary 
p. 73 

V. A. Lektorskii and V. I. Kuznetsov 
A Philosopher and Historian of Science
On the Centenary of the Birth of Academician B.M. Kedrov
p. 79 


Bygone Times 


V. S. Chesnokov 
The Nobel Prize for the Discovery of Radioactivity
On the 100th Anniversary of the Award 
p. 84   

E. D. Panov 
Science–Labor–Love–Prosperity
On the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the Ledentsov Society 
p. 90 

O. A. Kuznetsov 
The Secret Voyage of the Vityaz’ 
p. 95


History of Academic Institutions 


A. V. Zabrodin 
“The Skill to Provide Digitized Answers”
On the 50th Anniversary of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics,
Russian Academy of Sciences
p. 98 


Letters to the Editor 


A. A. Sidorov 
On Our Wealth, Mineral Resources, and Brains
p. 102 


Science News 


L. B. Buravkova and B. N. Pavlov 
Hyperbaric Physiology and Diving Medicine: New Views 
of Indifferent Gases
p. 104 

O. V. Skvortsova 
The First Scientific Institution in St. Petersburg 
p. 108 

K. A. Shchadilova 
The Armenian Academy of Sciences Is Sixty 
p. 112 


In the Book World 


I. I. Orlik 
Countries of Central and Eastern Europe on the 
Road to the European Union,
Ed. by N. V. Kulikov (Nauka, Moscow, 2002) 
p. 115 


I. S. Korolev and V. S. Zagashvili 
Pressing Problems of Russia’s Foreign
Economic Strategy (Nauka, Moscow, 2003) 
p. 117 

I. S. Dmitriev 
The Chronicle of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(Nauka, St. Petersburg, 2000),
Vol. 1, 994 pp.; (Nauka, St. Petersburg, 2002), Vol. 2, 621 pp. 
p. 120 

Official Section 

Awards and Prizes 
p. 123 


At the End of the Issue 


G. I. Anokhin 
Five Centuries Before Columbus 
p. 125