Reviews of topical problems

S.E. Frish “On the centenary of the birth of D.S. Rozhdestvenskii: Scientific legacy of D.S. Rozhdestvenskii” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 275–284 (1976)

N.V. Karlov, A.M. Prokhorov “Laser isotope separation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 285–300 (1976)

V.S. Vavilov, E.A. Konorova “Semiconducting diamonds” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 301–316 (1976)

S.G. Suvorov “The epistemology of Max Born and of dialectical materialism” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 317–336 (1976)

From the current literature

N.N. Voitovich, B.Z. Katsenelenbaum, A.N. Sivov “The generalized natural-oscillation method in diffraction theory” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 337–352 (1976)

Meetings and conferences

L.N. Bulaevskii “The Peierls Transition in Quasi- One-Dimensional Crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 353–354 (1976)

S.I. Syrovatskii “Current Layers and Flare Processes in the Laboratory and in the Cosmic Plasma” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 354–356 (1976)

I.S. Shapiro “Bound and Resonant States of the Nucleon- Antinucleon System” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 356–357 (1976)

Personalia

Ya.B. Zel’dovich, V.N. Kondrat’ev, M.A. Sadovskii, Yu.B. Khariton, N.M. Émanuél’ “Nikolai Nikolaevich Semenov (on his eightieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 19 358–360 (1976)