From the ediorial board

V.L. Ginzburg, M.S. Aksenteva “From the Editorial Board” Phys. Usp. 51 1197–1199 (2008)

Reviews of topical problems

M.V. Sadovskii “High-temperature superconductivity in iron-based layered compounds” Phys. Usp. 51 1201–1227 (2008)

A.L. Ivanovskii “New high-temperature superconductors based on rare-earth and transition metal oxyarsenides and related phases: synthesis, properties, and simulations” Phys. Usp. 51 1229–1260 (2008)

Yu.A. Izyumov, E.Z. Kurmaev “FeAs systems: a new class of high-temperature superconductors” Phys. Usp. 51 1261–1286 (2008)

From the history of physics

V. Ambegaokar “The Landau school and the American Institute of Physics translation program” Phys. Usp. 51 1287–1290 (2008)

Personalia

A.A. Abrikosov, A.F. Andreev, G.D. Bogomolov, V.F. Gantmakher, S.S. Gershtein, S.P. Kapitsa, V.V. Kveder, N.M. Kreines, V.I. Marchenko, L.P. Pitaevskii, A.I. Smirnov, I.M. Khalatnikov “Lyudmila Andreevna Prozorova (on her 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 51 1291–1292 (2008)

A.E. Bondar’, N.S. Dikanskii, G.I. Dimov, Kruglyakov E P, G.N. Kulipanov, A.P. Onuchin, V.V. Parkhomchuk, S.I. Serednyakov, A.N. Skrinskii, Yu.A. Tikhonov, I.B. Khriplovich, Yu.M. Shatunov “Lev Mitrofanovich Barkov (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 51 1293–1294 (2008)

E.B. Aleksandrov, L.M. Barkov, E.V. Vinogradov, V.L. Ginzburg, O.N. Krokhin, Kruglyakov E P, I.B. Khriplovich, A.V. Chaplik, A.M. Shalagin “Sergei Glebovich Rautian (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 51 1295–1296 (2008)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 51 1297–1298 (2008)

Bibliography

N.V. Gribkova “Authors index. Volume 51, 2008” Phys. Usp. 51 1299 (2008)

E.A. Frimer “Subject index Volume 51, 2008” Phys. Usp. 51 1302 (2008)

“Concordance table of page numbers of papers in the English and Russian editions” Phys. Usp. 51 1307 (2008)

Nobel lectures

A. Fert, P.A. Grünberg “Nanotechnology gives sensitive read-out heads for compact hard disks. Nobel lectures in physics — 2007” Phys. Usp. 51 1335 (2008)

A. Fert “The origin, development and future of spintronics” Phys. Usp. 51 1336 (2008)

P.A. Grünberg “From spinwaves to giant magnetoresistance and beyond” Phys. Usp. 51 1349 (2008)

Errata

G.V. Kiselev “Errata and amendments to the paper by G V Kiselev ’L D Landau in the Soviet Atomic Project: a documentary study’ [Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk, 2008, 178 (9) 947 — 990]” Phys. Usp. 51 1371 (2008)