Reviews of topical problems

G.E. Vleduts, V.V. Nalimov, N.I. Styazhkin “Scientific and technical information as one of the problems of cybernetics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 637–665 (1959)

G.V. Rozenberg “Absorption spectroscopy of dispersed materials” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 666–698 (1959)

V.S. Grechishkin “Nuclear quadrupole resonance” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 699–718 (1959)

M.D. Karasev “Some general properties of nonlinear reactive elements” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 719–748 (1959)

G.D. Malyuzhinets “Developments in our concepts of diffraction phenomena (on the 130TH anniversary of the death of Thomas Young)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 749–758 (1959)

G.B. Sutherland “New trends in infrared spectroscopy” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 759–764 (1959)

Personalia

Yu.A. Mitropol’skii, S.V. Tyablikov “NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH BOGOLYUBOV (on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 765–770 (1959)

I.P. Bogdanova, O.P. Bochkova, A.N. Zaidel’, V.M. Zakharova, Yu.M. Kagan, N.I. Kaliteevskii, N.P. Penkin, M.P. Chaika, A.M. Shukhtin, L.V. Lipis “SERGEI ÉDUARDOVICH FRISH (on his 60th birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 771–773 (1959)

Bibliography

D.A. Frank-Kamenetskii, V.M. Lopukhin “BIBLIOGRAPHY” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 774–776 (1959)

T.O. Vreden-Kobetskaya “New books on physics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 2 777–781 (1959)