Reviews of topical problems

V.D. Buchel’nikov, N.K. Dan’shin, L.T. Tsymbal, V.G. Shavrov “Magnetoacoustics of rare-earth orthoferrites” 39 547–572 (1996)

D.N. Klyshko “The nonclassical light” 39 573–596 (1996)

A.I. Osipov, A.V. Uvarov “Stability problems in a nonequilibrium gas” 39 597–608 (1996)

Physics of our days

B.B. Kadomtsev, M.B. Kadomtsev “The collapses of wave functions” 39 609–616 (1996)

Methodological notes

G. Oppen “Objects and environment” 39 617–622 (1996)

From the current literature

K.P. Belov “Ferrimagnets with a ’weak’ magnetic sublattice” 39 623–634 (1996)

Conferences and symposia

K.V. Kovalenko, S.V. Krivokhizha, I.L. Fabelinskii, L.L. Chaikov “Some features of phase transitions in solutions with two critical points” 39 635–637 (1996)

E.L. Nagaev, V.V. Osipov, A.A. Samokhvalov “Cooperative electric phenomena in degenerate magnetic semiconductors with spontaneous phase separation” 39 637–639 (1996)

L.A. Khalfin “The quantum theory of wave packet scattering, the causality principle, and superlight tunnelling” 39 639–642 (1996)

Personalia

A.F. Andreev, S.P. Bugaev, S.V. Vonsovskii, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, L.V. Keldysh, B.M. Koval’chuk, Yu.A. Kotov, A.M. Prokhorov, M.V. Sadovskii, V.E. Fortov “Gennadii Andreevich Mesyats (on his sixtieth birthday)” 39 643–644 (1996)

E.B. Aleksandrov, Zh.I. Alferov, N.G. Basov, F.V. Bunkin, O.N. Krokhin, B.A. Mamyrin, M.M. Miroshnikov, V.V. Osiko, P.P. Pashinin, G.T. Petrovskii, A.M. Prokhorov, V.M. Tuchkevich “Aleksei Mikhailovich Bonch-Bruevich (on his eightieth birthday)” 39 645–646 (1996)

A.F. Andreev, F.V. Bunkin, V.L. Ginzburg, A.A. Gonchar, V.E. Zakharov, V.V. Zheleznyakov, L.V. Keldysh, A.G. Litvak, G.A. Mesyats, M.A. Miller, V.I. Talanov, Ya.I. Khanin “Andrei Viktorovich Gaponov-Grekhov (on his seventieth birthday)” 39 647–649 (1996)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” 39 650–650 (1996)