Reviews of topical problems

Ya.A. Smorodinskii, L.A. Shelepin “Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, viewed from different sides” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 1–24 (1972)

B.Ya. Zel’dovich, T.I. Kuznetsova “Generation of ultrashort light pulses by means of lasers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 25–44 (1972)

V.R. Regel’, A.I. Slutsker, É.E. Tomashevskii “The kinetic nature of the strength of solids” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 45–65 (1972)

V.I. Petrov, G.V. Spivak, O.P. Pavlyuchenko “Electron microscopy of the magnetic structure of thin films” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 66–94 (1972)

Yu.L. Klimontovich, A.S. Kovalev, P.S. Landa “Natural fluctuations in lasers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 95–113 (1972)

Methodological notes

V.L. Ginzburg “Line width in the spectrum of scattered light” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 114–120 (1972)

B.Sh. Perkal’skis, V.L. Larin, Yu.G. Kolpakov, Yu.P. Mikhailichenko “Classroom installation for the observation of the Doppler phenomenon with the aid of a laser” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 121–123 (1972)

From the current literature

A.G. Molchanov “Lasers in the vacuum ultraviolet and in the X-ray regions of the spectrum” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 124–129 (1972)

K.P. Belov “RARE-EARTH MAGNETIC MATERIALS” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 130–133 (1972)

Personalia

I.K. Kikoin, Yu.A. Osip’yan, A.V. Stepanov, R.I. Entin “GEORGII VYACHESLAVOVICH KURDYUMOV (On his seventieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 15 134–137 (1972)