Ginzburg V.L. Key Problems of physics and Astrophysics

Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1978, 168 pages, ISBN: N/AProf. Vitaly Ginzburg, a prominent Soviet physicist, a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, is the author of numerous articles and books on plasma physics. superconductivity, ferroelectricity, cosmic rays some problems of astrophysics, etc. This is what he says about this book: "l came to the decision write this book having in mind that there was so much interesting in various areas of physics and astrophysics and yet many budding physicists and students were not aware of this and could hardly find out for themselves. So I decided to do something constructive in this way. to describe briefly some urgent problem of physics and astrophysics".Macrophysics
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion
High-Temperature Superconductivity
New Substances (Production of Metallic Hydrogen and Some Other Substances)
Metallic Exciton (Electron-Hole) Liquid in Semiconductors
Second-Order Phase Transitions (Critical Phenomena)
Matter in Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields
X-Ray Lasers, Grasers and Superpowerful Lasers
Studies of Very Large Molecules. Liquid Crystals. Some Surface Phenomena
Superheavy Elements (Far Transuranides)Microphysics
What Is Microphysics?
The l\lass Spectrum (The Third Spectroscopy)
Fundamental Length (Quantized Space, etc.)
Interaction of Particles at High and Superhigh Energies
Weak Interactions. Violation of CP Invariance
Nonlinear Phenomena in Vacuum in Superstrong Electromagnetic Fields
Microphysics Yesterday, Today and TomorrowAstrophysics
Experimental Verification of the General Theory of Relativity
Gravitational Waves
The Cosmological Problem. Singularities in General Relativity Theory and Cosmology
Is there a Need for "New Physics" in Astronomy? Quasars and Galactic Nuclei
Neutron Slars and Pulsars. Physics of "Black Holes"
Origin of Cosmic Rays and Cosmic Gamma- and X-Ray Radiation
Neutrino Astronomy
The Present Stage in Development of AstronomyConcluding Remarks
Addendum