Reviews of topical problems

A.M. Dykhne, G.L. Yudin “’Jarring’ of a quantum system and the corresponding stimulated transitions” 21 549–565 (1978)

A.N. Lagar’kov, V.M. Sergeev “Molecular dynamics method in statistical physics” 21 566–588 (1978)

L.N. Novikov, G.V. Skrotskii “Nonlinear and parametric effects in atomic rf spectroscopy” 21 589–610 (1978)

Ya.E. Geguzin, Yu.S. Kaganovskii “Diffusive mass transfer in island films” 21 611–629 (1978)

Methodological notes

V.G. Polevoi, S.M. Rytov “The four-dimensional group velocity” 21 630–638 (1978)

M.L. Levin “How light conquers darkness (W.R. Hamilton and the concept of group velocity)” 21 639–640 (1978)

Meetings and conferences

A.U. Klimyk, A.M. Gavrilik “Conference on Group-Theory Methods in Physics” 21 641–642 (1978)

Personalia

S.A. Akhmanov, F.V. Bunkin, A.G. Vinogradov, A.V. Gaponov, D.L. Goryshnik, Yu.A. Kravtsov, M.L. Levin, A.M. Prokhorov, V.I. Tatarskii, I.L. Fabelinskii, Z.I. Feizulin “Sergei Mikhailovich Rytov (on his seventieth birthday)” 21 643–644 (1978)