Reviews of topical problems

V.E. Fortov “Dynamic methods in plasma physics” 25 781–809 (1982)

A.M. Brodskii, M.I. Urbakh “The effect of the microscopic structure of metal surfaces on their optical properties” 25 810–832 (1982)

New instruments and measurement methods

A.A. Vedenov, G.D. Myl’nikov, D.N. Sobolenko “Generation of coherent far-infrared radiation using lasers” 25 833–853 (1982)

Methodological notes

B.M. Smirnov “The hard-sphere model in plasma and gas physics” 25 854–862 (1982)

Personalia

N.G. Basov, S.N. Vernov, B.M. Vul, V.L. Ginzburg, N.A. Dobrotin, G.T. Zatsepin, A.I. Isakov, L.V. Keldysh, M.A. Markov, A.M. Prokhorov, E.L. Feinberg, I.M. Frank, P.A. Cherenkov “Dmitrii Vladimirovich Skobel’tsyn (on his ninetieth birthday)” 25 863–864 (1982)