Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2005, V 75, N 4.


 
Science and Society

G. G. Malinetskii, A. V. Podlazov, and I. V. Kuznetsov On a National Scientific Monitoring System p. 323   V. S. Arutyunov and A. L. Lapidus The Role of Gas Chemistry in World Power Engineering p. 337  
On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium

A. V. Vatulin Uranium, Plutonium, Polonium, and Tritium: The Nuclear Shield and Peaceful Energy p. 347   Ya. A. Al’tman Acoustic Virtual Reality (Physiological Foundations) p. 353   A. M. Vasil’ev Islamic Extremism and the Crisis of Muslim Civilization p. 361   V. D. Kuznetsov, I. A. Zhitnik, and I. I. Sobel’man CORONAS-F: The Contribution to Solar–Terrestrial Physics p. 370  
Point of View

A. Z. Seleznev On the Efficiency of Reforms in the Sphere of Science p. 380   T. I. Oizerman Is it Possible to Foretell the Distant Future? p. 387  
Profiles

E. A. Fedosov The Designer of the Famous MIGs (On the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician A. I. Mikoyan) p. 393 R. N. Shcherbakov “Above all, Live and Breathe with Your Work …” (On the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Academician A. F. Ioffe) p. 399 A. S. Spirin Andrei Nikolayevich Belozerskii and the Formation of Molecular Biology (On the Centenary of His Birth) p. 404
Science News

I. N. Meshkov and G. D. Shirokov Particle Accelerators as the Focus of Research Problems p. 412
In the Book World

V. D. Zhirnov Science, Society, and the Human Being, Ed. by V. S. Stepin(Nauka, Moscow, 2004), 415 pp. [in Russian] p. 415 Yu. Yu. Byalovskii and V. V. Davydov V. A. Chereshnev, The Immunity of the Individual and Society (RAS Ural Division, Yekaterinburg, 2004), 316 pp. [in Russian] p. 417 E. I. Kolchinskii L. L. Kiselev and E. S. Levina, Lev Aleksandrovich Zil’ber (1894–1966): A Life in Science (Nauka, Moscow, 2004), 599 pp. [in Russian] p. 418 M. A. Manuil’skii A Challenge to Cognition: Strategies for Scientific Progress in the Modern World (Nauka, Moscow, 2004), 475 pp. [in Russian] p. 421
Official Section

Awards and Prizes p. 424