Reviews of topical problems

B.E. Meierovich “Gravitational properties of cosmic strings” Phys. Usp. 44 981–997 (2001)

L.A. Bol’shov, P.S. Kondratenko, V.F. Strizhov “Natural convection in heat-generating fluids” Phys. Usp. 44 999–1016 (2001)

Conferences and symposia

M.V. Alfimov, B.M. Bolotovskii, Yu.S. Osipov, V.L. Ginzburg, O.N. Krokhin, E.L. Feinberg, A.M. Bonch-Bruevich “Special meeting of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Bureau of the General Physics and Astronomy Division, RAS and the Scientific Council of the P N Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov, and XXV Jubilee Vavilov Reading (28 March 2001)” Phys. Usp. 44 1017–1036 (2001)

M.V. Alfimov “Luminescence of guest-host type organic nanostructures” Phys. Usp. 44 1018–1020 (2001)

Yu.S. Osipov “Opening address” Phys. Usp. 44 1020–1023 (2001)

V.L. Ginzburg “About Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov” Phys. Usp. 44 1023–1026 (2001)

O.N. Krokhin “S I Vavilov — the founder of the P N Lebedev Physics Institute” Phys. Usp. 44 1026–1028 (2001)

E.L. Feinberg “Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov and his time” Phys. Usp. 44 1028–1033 (2001)

A.M. Bonch-Bruevich “Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov in my life” Phys. Usp. 44 1033–1036 (2001)

V.L. Ginzburg “Phase transitions in ferroelectrics: some historical remarks” Phys. Usp. 44 1037–1043 (2001)

M.V. Feigel’man, V.V. Ryazanov, V.B. Timofeev “Chernogolovka 2000: Mesoscopic and strongly correlated electron systems The current state of quantum mesoscopics” Phys. Usp. 44 1045–1059 (2001)

From the current literature

V.V. Datsyuk, I.A. Izmailov “Optics of microdroplets” Phys. Usp. 44 1061–1073 (2001)

From the history of physics

I.F. Ginzburg, M.Yu. Mikhailov, V.L. Pokrovskii “Yurii Borisovich Rumer (on the 100th anniversary of his birth)” Phys. Usp. 44 1075–1081 (2001)

Yu.B. Rumer “Stories by Yurii Borisovich Rumer” Phys. Usp. 44 1082–1087 (2001)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 44 1088–1088 (2001)

Personalia

V.E. Balakin, L.M. Barkov, G.I. Dimov, E.P. Kruglyakov, G.N. Kulipanov, I.N. Meshkov, R.A. Salimov, V.A. Sidorov, A.N. Skrinskii, B.N. Sukhina, V.V. Parkhomchuk, D.V. Pestrikov “Nikolai Sergeevich Dikanskii (on his sixtieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 44 1089–1090 (2001)

A.F. Andreev, Zh.I. Alferov, F.V. Bunkin, V.B. Braginskii, A.M. Dykhne, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, L.V. Keldysh, A.M. Prokhorov, I.I. Sobel’man, A.K. Dmitriev, E.P. Kruglyakov, A.N. Skrinskii “Sergei Nikolaevich Bagaev (on his sixtieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 44 1091–1092 (2001)

Letters to the editors

M.V. Fok “On D S Chernavskii’s paper ’’The origin of life and thinking from the viewpoint of modern physics’’” Phys. Usp. 44 1093–1093 (2001)

D.S. Chernavskii “Reply to the letter by M V Fok received by the Physics-Uspekhi Editorial Board” Phys. Usp. 44 1093–1094 (2001)

Bibliography

E.V. Zakharova “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 44 1095–1098 (2001)