Reviews of topical problems

Yu.P. Nikitin, I.L. Rozental’, F.M. Sergeev “Interaction between high-energy particles and nuclei” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 1–30 (1977)

A.Z. Patashinskii, V.L. Pokrovskii “The renormalization-group method in the theory of phase transitions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 31–54 (1977)

G.V. Rozenberg “The light ray (contribution to the theory of the light field)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 55–80 (1977)

Methodological notes

A.M. Dykhne, G.L. Yudin “Stimulated effects upon ’jarring’ of an electron in an external electromagnetic field” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 80–86 (1977)

B.Sh. Perkal’skis, G.N. Sotiriadi “Two demonstrations for a physics course” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 87–88 (1977)

Meetings and conferences

M.K. Volkov, V.N. Pervushin “Fundamental problems of quantum field theory” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 89–91 (1977)

Personalia

P.L. Kapitza, A.F. Andreev, M.I. Kaganov “ll’ya Mikhailovich Lifshitz (on his sixtieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 92–93 (1977)

N.N. Bogolyubov, S.N. Vernov, M.A. Markov, B. Pontecorvo, A.M. Prokhorov, P.A. Cerenkov “Anatolii Alekseevich Logunov (on his fiftieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 20 93–95 (1977)