Reviews of topical problems

A.A. Vedenov, E.B. Levchenko “Supermolecular liquid-crystalline structures in solutions of amphiphilic molecules” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 747–774 (1983)

B.N. Belintsev “Dissipative structures and the problem of biological pattern formation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 775–800 (1983)

S.M. Osovets, D.A. Ginzburg, V.S. Gurfinkel’, L.R. Zenkov, L.P. Latash, V.B. Malkin, P.V. Mel’nichuk, E.B. Pasternak “Electrical activity of the brain: Mechanisms and interpretation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 801–828 (1983)

From the current literature

G.N. Bochkov, Yu.E. Kuzovlev “New aspects in 1/f noise studies” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 829–844 (1983)

Meetings and conferences

V.F. Gantmakher “Low-temperature kinetics of conduction electrons in metals and semiconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 845–846 (1983)

E.G. Ponyatovskii “High-pressure phases in condensed systems and metal-gas systems” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 846–848 (1983)

S.T. Mileiko “Fibrous composites with metal and ceramic matrices” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 848–849 (1983)

V.A. Tatarchenko “Profiled crystals: growth and applications” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 849–850 (1983)

A.D. Linde “Phase transitions in the theory of elementary particles and an inflationary universe” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 851–852 (1983)

A.A. Tyapkin “Diffractive production of resonances and observation of two radially excited states of the pion” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 852–853 (1983)

Personalia

N.G. Basov, V.V. Gruzinskii, A.M. Prokhorov, B.I. Stepanov, V.A. Tolkachev “Nikolai Aleksandrovich Borisevich (on his sixtieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 854–855 (1983)