Reviews of topical problems

B.M. Barbashov, V.V. Nesterenko “Superstrings: a new approach to a unified theory of fundamental interactions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1077–1096 (1986)

T.L. Andreeva, A.V. Malyugin “Fine structure of the Rayleigh spectrum of the scattering of light in molecular gases” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1097–1118 (1986)

Physics of our days

D.I. Kazakov “Superstrings, or beyond standard ideas” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1119–1126 (1986)

From the history of physics

Yu.A. Khramov “Petr Nikolaevich Lebedev and his school (On the 120th anniversary of the year of his birth)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1127–1134 (1986)

From the current literature

A.M. Gabovich, D.P. Moiseev “Metal oxide superconductor BaPb_1-xBi_xO₃: unusual properties and new applications” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1135–1150 (1986)

Meetings and conferences

É.L. Andronikashvili, G.M. Mrevlishvili “Low-temperature heat capacity of DNA” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1151–1152 (1986)

N.N. Gor’kavyi, A.M. Fridman “Resonance nature of the rings of Uranus and prediction of new satellites of Uranus” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1152–1155 (1986)

S.P. Mikheev, A.Yu. Smirnov “Neutrino oscillations in a medium with variable density” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1155–1157 (1986)

Personalia

E.B. Aleksandrov, Zh.I. Alferov, N.G. Basov, F.V. Bunkin, Yu.N. Denisyuk, Ya.A. Imas, M.M. Miroshnikov, G.T. Petrovskii, A.M. Prokhorov, V.M. Tuchkevich “Aleksei Mikhailovich Bonch-Bruevich (On his seventieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 1158–1159 (1986)