Reviews of topical problems

K.Yu. Platonov, G.D. Fleishman “Transition radiation in media with random inhomogeneities” Phys. Usp. 45 235–291 (2002)

S.I. Anisimov, B.S. Luk’yanchuk “Selected problems of laser ablation theory” Phys. Usp. 45 293–324 (2002)

Methodological notes

V.P. Kazantsev “An example illustrating the potentiality and peculiarities of a variational approach to electrostatic problems” Phys. Usp. 45 325–330 (2002)

A.P. Vinogradov “On the form of constitutive equations in electrodynamics” Phys. Usp. 45 331–338 (2002)

Personalia

L.M. Barkov, N.A. Vinokurov, N.S. Dikanskii, E.P. Kruglyakov, N.A. Mezentsev, V.V. Parkhomchuk, V.A. Sidorov, A.N. Skrinskii, Yu.A. Tikhonov, G.M. Tumaikin, B.V. Chirikov, Yu.M. Shatunov “Gennadii Nikolaevich Kulipanov (on his sixtieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 45 339–340 (2002)

Letters to the editors

V.L. Ginzburg “Some remarks on the radiation of charges and multipoles uniformly moving in a medium” Phys. Usp. 45 341–344 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 345–346 (2002)