Books

The book presents all the examination problems and Chemistry Olympiad problems off ered at the MSU entrance examinations for the fi ve years. For each problem the detailed solution or answer is given. The book is intended for pretenders, entering the University in chemical, biological, and medical specialty, as well as for high school students and teachers of chemistry.

The articles summarize the work performed in various laboratories of the Department of Higher Nervous Activity at Lomonosov Moscow State University and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Leonid G. Voronin, an outstanding Russian physiologist, founder and organizer of the department, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences who initiated these researches.

The collection considers his concepts about new methodological approaches to the analysis of cognitive activity and animal thinking in organizing complex behavioral forms, about the possibility of modeling and correcting pathological states by using inverse immunoregulation, about the neurophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms of learning and memory, the principles and patterns of processing various visual information in humans and animals as well as phylogenetic aspects of higher nervous activity.

The book presents sections on modern approaches to selection of edible cultivated mushrooms, which are based on the methods of traditional genetic analysis and modern molecular biology. The publication contains materials from some sections of the courses "Genetics of Fungi" and "Modern Problems of Mycology", read by the author at the Department of Mycology and Algology of the Biological Faculty of Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov.

The book is meant for researchers, and will also be useful for undergraduate and graduate students of universities studying in the direction of "Biology" in the profile of the programme "Mycology".

The textbook examines factors and general patterns of geographical distribution of soils, principles of pedogeographical zoning. It characterizes the soil cover of Russia and neighboring countries and describes conditions of soil formation, genetic features of the most widespread soils and regional features of the soil cover structure and specificity of economic use of soils. The book outlines the world history of soil mapping, gives a brief overview of the soil cover in the world’s pedological and bioclimatic belts and regions and analyzes the land resources of Russia and the world, ways of soil cover rational use and protection.

For students of university faculties of soil, biology and soil and geography and natural sciences and the geographical faculties of teacher-training colleges, faculties of agrochemistry and soil science in agricultural universities.

This publication reflects current understanding of the composition of Russia's soil cover, its regional characteristics, and an analysis of the factors determining its differentiation. The textbook emphasizes the geography of soil-forming processes against a backdrop of brief information about the nature of major regions. The first part of the book presents the main theories of soil geography and provides an overview of small-scale soil maps. The second part describes the soil cover of the country's regions, addresses issues of the genesis and evolution of soils in specific areas, and discusses anthropogenic changes to soils using the new classification of soils in Russia.

The textbook ‘Geography of Russian Soils’ is a revised edition of the 1987 book ‘Geography of USSR Soils’ in line with new material and ideas. It contains a regional description of Russia’s soil cover based on the geography of soil-forming processes and provides brief information about the physicogeographical features of its major regions. The first part of the book describes the main theories of soil geography and gives an overview of small-scale soil maps. The second part deals with the genesis and evolution of soils typical of specific regions and discusses anthropogenic changes in soils and some aspects of soil classification. Thus, the textbook reflects modern ideas about the composition of Russia’s soil cover, causes of its formation and factors that determine its differentiation.

For undergraduate and postgraduate students of geography, pedology, specialists in environmental protection, forestry and agriculture.

This textbook (its first edition was in 2000, the second one – in 2004) covers all major questions of oil and gas geology and geochemistry – hydrocarbon origin, migration and accumulation, the composition of gas, oil and its derivatives and their distribution conditions in the earth's crust. Hydrocarbon formation is considered as a pervasive process and a natural outcome of the development of the earth's crust. Particular attention is paid to the role of fluid dynamic processes in the formation of oil- and gas-bearing structures in sedimentary basins. Typification of sedimentary basins is based on modern geodynamics using the latest ideas about the structure of the earth's crust and the nonlinear processes of tectogenesis and lithogenesis. The book highlights the role oil and gas play in the economy, fuel and energy balance of the world and the country.

For university students studying in the specialty ‘Geology and geochemistry of fossil fuels.’

This book is based on lectures in natural science courses taught at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

This textbook provides a more thorough presentation of kinematics and statics than is typically provided by mechanics, raises contemporary geometric issues, and leads to their investigation. It examines a number of topics not previously addressed in either Russian or international textbooks. The textbook is provided with numerous illustrations, exercises, and problems.

The book represents the country’s first literary account of the life and work of all the thirty German chancellors from the creator of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck to early 21st century chancellors Gerhard Schroeder and Angela Merkel. Drawing on a wide range of literature, the author, a well-known Germanist, gives a portrait of the chancellors against a broad historical background revealing the foundations, essence and purpose of their policies. The liveliness of the presentation and the striking characteristics of the German Chancellors distinguish this work written in the best traditions of the historical and biographical genre.

For professional historians, university lecturers, teachers, students and all those who are interested in German history.

This manual examines the structure of the Earth's underground hydrosphere and the forms of water within it, the physical properties and components of the chemical composition of groundwater, the fundamentals of its movement, and the patterns of its regime and balance. It characterizes the conditions of groundwater formation in various hydrogeological structures and their characteristics in the permafrost zone, examines the main types of mineral, thermal, and industrial waters, and provides an overview of the main methods of field hydrogeological research.

The textbook reveals the main content of the global history course: methodological issues, characteristics of the most important stages of human development from the prehistoric era to the beginning of modernization. The book highlights the key global historical processes of each era and examines the specifics of their occurrence in different regions of the world.

The manual is intended for students of higher educational institutions.

The monograph presents the results of the study of dialectical thinking, carried out by the author. The book is written from the perspective of a structured approach. In this case, dialectical thinking is viewed as a process of operating with opposites. The structural model of dialectical thinking is presented. An experimental study of the dialectical thinking of preschool children shows that it is involved in the development of understanding of emotions, including mixed ones. Also, dialectical thinking allows to solve three types of problems: to create a creative product, to understand developmental processes and to transform contradictory situations.

The book is addressed to specialists in the fi eld of preschool education, graduate students and students and everyone interested in the development of dialectical thinking.

This book, dedicated to the analysis of L. S. Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory, presents a series of conversations discussing key issues for understanding cultural-historical psychology. The authors strive to clearly demonstrate the effectiveness and originality of cultural-historical psychology's solutions to complex issues.

They also devote special attention to the practical application of cultural-historical theory in teaching. This publication is intended for teachers working in preschool education, students specializing in developmental psychology, educational psychology, and pedagogy, as well as anyone interested in child development.

This monograph is devoted to the specifics of dynamic sorption preconcentration of substances in the chemical analysis of various samples, and methods for the highly sensitive determination of organic and inorganic components of solutions, including preconcentration. The book includes a discussion of the theoretical foundations of sorption dynamics from the perspective of analytical chemistry.

The authors' own developments are also separately considered: new sorbents for preconcentrating elemental ions under dynamic conditions, unconventional methods for preconcentrating noble and heavy metals, organic substances, as well as methods for sorption-spectrometric and sorption-liquid chromatographic determination of trace components.

The publication contains a unique work - the first theatre reference book in Russia containing materials on the history of Russian theatre and dramatic literature of the mid- to second half of the 18th century, and also being a source of information on the activities of thirty-six graduates and employees of Moscow University - playwrights, translators and publishers of works for the stage, organizers of student theatres, actors, singers, who made a great contribution to the development of Russian artistic culture of their time. The book contains an edition of the text of the "Dramatic Dictionary" in modern spelling and comments on each dictionary entry. Illustrative material is taken from open sources.

The publication is intended for students, postgraduates and young researchers studying the history of Russian stage art and the history of Moscow University in the second half of the 18th century.

This book contains a broad analysis of Old Russian literary monuments dedicated to Russian literature of the 11th — early 18th centuries. The collection is based on the work of the department of ancient Slavic literature in the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and teachers of Moscow State University.

The book is meant for school teachers, high school students, university entrants, college students, as well as to all lovers of ancient literature.

This book contains a broad analysis of Old Russian literary monuments dedicated to Russian literature of the 11th — early 18th centuries. The collection is based on the work of the department of ancient Slavic literature in the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and teachers of Moscow State University.

The book is meant for school teachers, high school students, university entrants, college students, as well as to all lovers of ancient literature.