Reviews of topical problems

V.M. Mostepanenko, N.N. Trunov “The Casimir effect and its applications” 31 965–987 (1988)

A.N. Semenov, A.R. Khokhlov “Statistical physics of liquid-crystalline polymers” 31 988–1014 (1988)

I.A. Baranov, Yu.V. Martynenko, S.O. Tsepelevich, Yu.N. Yavlinskii “Inelastic sputtering of solids by ions” 31 1015–1034 (1988)

Personalia

A.P. Aleksandrov, E.P. Velikhov, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, V.L. Ginzburg, L.V. Keldysh, V.D. Shafranov “Boris Borisovich Kadomtsev (on his sixtieth birthday)” 31 1035–1036 (1988)

O.D. Dal’karov, V.A. Karmanov, V.M. Kolybasov, I.M. Frank “Iosif Solomonovich Shapiro (on his seventieth birthday)” 31 1037–1038 (1988)

A.A. Abrikosov, E.B. Aleksandrov, Zh.I. Alferov, M.I. D’yakonov, B.P. Zakharchenya, Yu.M. Kagan, L.V. Keldysh, I.A. Merkulov, A.L. Efros “Vladimir Idelevich Perel’ (on his sixtieth birthday)” 31 1039–1039 (1988)

Book reviews

Yu.A. Aleksandrov “Experimental techniques in nuclear and elementary particle physics” 31 1040–1040 (1988)

Yu.V. Gulyaev, Yu.L. Kopylov “VLSI technology: fundamentals and applications” 31 1040–1041 (1988)

S.G. Chefranov “Numerical and physical aspects of research on aerodynamic flows” 31 1041–1042 (1988)