Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004, V 74, N 4.

Science and Society 

 A. I. Grigor’ev and V. N. Sychev 
 The Life-Support Systems of Astronaut
 Based on Biospheric Mechanisms 
 p. 363   

 V. K. Volkov 
 Slavic Studies in the System of 
 Humanitarian Knowledge 
 p. 369   

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium
 
G. A. Mesyats and M. D. Prokhorov 
Hydrogen Energetics and Fuel Cells 
p. 377   

Basic Science and Business: Face to Face
A Discussion in the RAS Presidium 
p. 387 


From the Researcher’s Notebook 

L. A. Piruzyan 
The Personal Metabolic Passport as the Basis
of a New Pharmacological Strategy 
p. 394   

N. S. Sidorenkov 
Instability of the Earth’s Rotation 
p. 402   


Review
 
A. I. Rakitov 
Society Based on Knowledge 
p. 410   


Point of View
 
I. A. Shmerlina 
Biological Paradoxes of Sociality 
p. 418   


Profiles
 
A. I. Grigor’ev and N. A. Grigor’yan 
The Patriarch of Russian Physiology
On the 175th Anniversary of I.M. Sechenov’s Birth 
p. 423 

G. V. Novozhilov 
50 Years in Science
On the 75th Anniversary of the 
Birth of Academician E.A. Fedosov 
p. 431

A. O. Chubar’yan 
Ideological Taboos Notwithstanding
On the 80th Birthday of A.Ya. Gurevich 
p. 433


Bygone Times
 
A. D. Nozdrachev, E. L. Polyakov, and K. N. Zelenin 
Russia’s First Nobel Prize 
p. 435   


Reflections on a New Book 

T. E. Kuznetsova 
Interaction of Science and Society 
p. 444


Official Section 


Awards and Prizes 
p. 447

The 2004 Global Energy International Prize 
p. 453 

On Awarding RAS Medals with Cash 
Prizes for Young Scientists 
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 
Other Institutions and Organizations, 
and Students of Institutions of Higher
Education as Conferred by the 2003 Contest 
p. 455



At the End of the Issue 

V. I. Arnold 
How They Elected and Executed Academicians 
p. 459