Reviews of topical problems

Yu.S. Barash, V.L. Ginzburg “Some problems in the theory of van der Waals forces” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 467–491 (1984)

L.M. Blinov, L.A. Beresnev “Ferroelectric liquid crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 492–514 (1984)

M.V. Vol’kenshtein “The essence of biological evolution” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 515–537 (1984)

Meetings and conferences

E.M. Dianov, A.Ya. Karasik, A.M. Prokhorov “Nonlinear optical phenomena in fiber light pipes” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 538–539 (1984)

I.V. Aleksandrov, Z.V. Nesterova “Competition of nonlinear processes of transformation of the energy of picosecond pulses in optical fibers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 539–540 (1984)

I.N. Sisakyan, A.B. Shvartsburg “Nonlinear waves in fiber-optics information systems” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 540–541 (1984)

K.K. Rebane “Phononless lines in laser spectroscopy of molecules and crystals. 1. The phononless line — an optical analog of the Mössbauer line” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 541–543 (1984)

V.M. Agranovich “Contemporary problems of surface spectroscopy” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 543–545 (1984)

V.I. Simonov “Precision structural studies of crystals with special physical properties” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 546–547 (1984)

V.R. Regel’ “Some problems of contemporary research on the mechanical properties of crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 547–548 (1984)

A.A. Kaminskii “Physics and spectroscopy of laser crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 548–550 (1984)

G.A. Gusev, I.M. Zheleznykh “On the possibility of detection of neutrinos and muons on the basis of radio radiation of cascades in natural dielectric media (antarctic ice sheet and so forth)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 550–552 (1984)

Personalia

A.M. Baldin, N.G. Basov, B.B. Govorkov, M.A. Markov, E.I. Tamm, I.M. Frank “Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov (on his eightieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 553–554 (1984)