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This publication is both a textbook and a problem book on the courses of analytical geometry, the basics of higher algebra and linear algebra, created based on the materials of lectures and seminars that the authors have read and conducted for several years for 1st-year students of the Faculty of Space Research of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The publication covers all topics necessary for future researchers with a good mathematical background. Each section is equipped with an impressive set of tasks, the solution of which will provide a good understanding of the subject.

For university and university students with advanced study of mathematics.

The textbook, the 1st edition of which was published in 1984, covers a significant part of the course "Elements of Mathematical Cybernetics", taught at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University for more than 40 years, as well as part of the material provided for by the mandatory part of the candidate's exam program in some specialties. The manual discusses the main classes of discrete control systems (contact circuits, formulas, circuits of functional elements). The simplest synthesis methods, the Shannon method, the asymptotically best synthesis methods, and the cascade method are described. Examples of the application of the principle of local coding are given.

This book is a fundamental textbook (in two volumes) on biophysics, which presents the basics of modern biophysical science.

The first volume sets forth the theoretical foundations of biophysics. It places special emphasis on the problems of mathematical modeling of biological processes at different levels of living matter organization. It considers physical features, dynamic and electronic properties of the structural unit of living matter – the macromolecule as well as physicochemical mechanisms of energy transformation in biostructures.

The second volume (Chapters 15–30) deals with the physicochemical mechanisms of major processes that occur in organisms. It discusses in detail the issues of biological membrane structure and functioning, bioelectrogenesis, muscle contraction, reception, electron transfer and energy transformation in biomembranes. It considers the mechanisms of primary phases of photobiological processes including photosynthesis, sense of vision, photochemical reactions in biopolymers.

For students, postgraduates and multi-discipline specialists who are interested in the physicochemical foundations of life processes.

This is a systematic presentation of the course in the line of solid-phase materials with special properties, which is read at the Faculty of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University. It considers features of the chemical bond and structure of solids, thermodynamics, kinetics, and the mechanism of solid-phase reactions leading to the formation of practically important materials and gives an overview of the main classes of modern materials and methods for obtaining them. The book reflects many years of experience in teaching this discipline at the Faculty of Materials Science and the Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

For university students of materials science, chemistry and physics; it will be useful for graduate students, teachers and specialists working in the field of materials science, chemistry and solid-state physics.

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.

The textbook discusses the theoretical and substantive provisions of engineering geology and its scientific directions. Its structure consists of five parts. The first of them describes the theoretical foundations, content, structure and tasks of engineering geology, its position in the system of geological knowledge. The second, third and fourth parts set out the fundamental
positions, structure and content of three scientific areas of engineering geology: soil science, engineering geodynamics and regional engineering geology, respectively. In the final, fifth, part, the general provisions of the methodology of engineering-geological research, their implementation in
the system of engineering-geological surveys for construction are considered.

For students and postgraduates of classical, geological exploration and mining universities, as well as specialists related to the study of engineering and geological conditions and solving environmental problems.

The textbook presents modern data on the most common and rare infectious diseases of man, the history of their study, etiology, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology and prevention. It gives the materials necessary for a modern doctor to timely recognize an infectious disease and effectively treat the patient. It gives special attention to unsolved urgent issues of infectious pathology.

For students of medical universities and medical faculties of universities, as well as graduate students, clinical residents and general practitioners.

The peculiarity of this textbook on data Analysis is that the main attention is paid to those examples that, although using the correct theoretical models and methods, contain one or more widespread errors leading to incorrect conclusions. The necessary concepts for understanding the error are described in detail, the correct solution is shown, and alternative approaches to analyzing the situation based on data mining methods are presented.

The manual reveals the use of MS Excel, STATISTICA, Genehunter, FuzzyXl software products for various data analysis tasks: hypothesis testing, dependency search, trend highlighting, forecasting, and object clustering.

The textbook is recommended for sociologists, marketers, political scientists, specialists in finance, economics, management, public administration.

The textbook consists of two parts: the first and second half of the XIX century. Various areas of journalism, the content of literary, journalistic and satirical magazines, newspapers, illegal printing are considered. The journalistic activity of A.S.Pushkin, V.G.Belinsky, A.I.Herzen, N.A.Nekrasov, M.N.Katkov, F.M. is shown.Dostoevsky, M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, A.P. Chekhov, V.G.Korolenko, A.M. Gorky and other prominent literary figures of the XIX century.

For students of faculties and departments of journalism of higher educational institutions.

The proposed textbook systematically examines the history of Russian journalism at the beginning of the XX century. When describing the press of this period,  magazines and newspapers, typological groups of publications, the author used the research of historians of Russian journalism, periodical press materials of the early 1900s, diaries and memoirs of public figures, writers and journalists. The textbook is supplemented with a textbook, which presents the most interesting publications of the studied period.

For students of journalism faculties and departments and anyone interested in the extraordinarily dramatic history of the press of the early XX century.

The book introduces the methods of stationary and non-stationary non-relativistic collision theory and serves to develop skills for their practical application in problems of modern physics. Special emphasis is placed on the methods and concepts used in the theory of collisions involving composite systems. The material is divided into lectures, at the end of each lecture exercises are given, selected so that the student, subject to consistent assimilation of the material, can do them independently.

The book will also be useful for graduate students and researchers specializing in atomic physics, nuclear and particle physics.

The textbook is based on the lecture notes of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences O.B.Lupanov on the course "Introduction to Mathematical Logic", read by him in the first year of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1982-2006. The manual covers the following issues: functions of logic algebra, functions of multivalued logic, propositional calculus, logic and predicate calculus, logical networks, finite automata, algorithms and computable functions.

For undergraduate and graduate students.

The textbook of outstanding Russian psychologists Professor M. A. Gulina and academician Yu. P. Zinchenko contains information on key issues of methodology, theory and modern practice of psychological counseling.

The publication is intended for students studying in the enlarged groups of specialties and areas of training "Psychological sciences", "Education and Pedagogical Sciences", "Social sphere", as well as for teachers of psychology faculties of higher educational institutions and consulting practitioners.

The textbook includes the main sections of the general physics course taught to students of the Chemical Faculty of Moscow University: "Mechanics", "Electricity", "Vibrations and Waves", "Optics". When presenting the material, the authors distinguish definitions of physical concepts and formulations of laws. The sections "Vibrations and Waves" and "Optics" consistently implement a unified approach to mechanical and electromagnetic oscillatory and wave processes. At the same time, special attention is paid to issues of greatest interest to future chemists, in particular molecular vibrations, optical phenomena used in modern experimental research methods (refractometry, spectroscopy, polarization techniques, etc.).

The publication is intended for students of chemical faculties of universities, and can also be useful for a wide range of students of physical and chemical specialties of universities of natural science profile.

The textbook is an expanded presentation of the course of lectures that the author has given in recent years to 3rd-year students of the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University, and contains the main classical and modern sections of the theory of partial differential equations, as well as information from functional analysis, the theory of generalized functions and function spaces. In addition, it includes material devoted to the proof of Kovalevskaya's theorem, a mixed problem for the equation of oscillations of an inhomogeneous string, the Cauchy problem for the wave equation and the theory of symmetric hyperbolic systems. The book presents the main facts related to the Laplace equation, the heat equation and the wave equation.

The textbook is intended for students studying in the fields of "Mathematics", "Applied Mathematics", "Mathematics and Computer Science", "Fundamental Mathematics and Mechanics".

The textbook, the first edition of which was published in 1984, aims to provide the most concise introduction to the subject, including both its physical foundations and differential-geometric aspects. The publication covers a number of topics in an unconventional way: kinematics, general theorems of dynamics, derivation of the Lagrange equations, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Some of the material goes beyond the university course: elements of the theory of linear and quadratic integrals in velocities, application of variational principles, a new proof of the Darboux theorem on canonical coordinates. The textbook includes problems illustrating and supplementing the theoretical material, and provides methodological instructions for them.

The publication is intended for students of higher educational institutions studying in the fields of "Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling", "Applied Mathematics", "Fundamental Mathematics and Mechanics", for postgraduate students of the mechanical, mathematical and physical faculties of universities, and for university teachers.

The textbook, the first edition of which was published in 1984, aims to provide the most concise introduction to the subject, including both its physical foundations and differential-geometric aspects. The publication covers a number of topics in an unconventional way: kinematics, general theorems of dynamics, derivation of the Lagrange equations, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Some of the material goes beyond the university course: elements of the theory of linear and quadratic integrals in velocities, application of variational principles, a new proof of the Darboux theorem on canonical coordinates. The textbook includes problems illustrating and supplementing the theoretical material, and provides methodological instructions for them.

The publication is intended for students of higher educational institutions studying in the fields of "Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling", "Applied Mathematics", "Fundamental Mathematics and Mechanics", for postgraduate students of the mechanical, mathematical and physical faculties of universities, and for university teachers.

The book is devoted to the application of the theory of linear non-stationary systems to the problems of stabilization of stationary movements of a satellite near the center of mass under the action of magnetic moments of various nature. An original rigorous analytical approach to the study of linear non-stationary systems of a special class is proposed. Solutions to a number of specific stabilization tasks based on this approach are presented.

The book will be useful for graduate students and students of Moscow State University, as well as teachers and researchers dealing with issues of dynamics and management.

The textbook on literary editing summarizes the experience of practical classes with students and lectures delivered by the author at the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The purpose of the book is to help comprehend the editorial work on the text from the standpoint of modern philological concepts and practical tasks of the editor of mass media. 

For teachers and students of journalism faculties, editors of mass media materials, practical journalists.

The textbook contains up-to-date information about the principles and methods of soil reclamation in different natural zones, the relationship of reclamation measures with the soil cover and the adequacy of reclamation methods to the natural conditions of the landscape. New methods of reclamation of the properties and regimes of saline soils, stony, swampy and boggy soils, soda soils, sulfide, gypsum, carbonate salinization, etc. are considered. The composition of the necessary measures for the environmental protection of reclaimed soils and landscapes from degradation changes is given. The issues of soil reclamation are considered. 

For students and postgraduates-soil scientists, ecologists, agrochemists, agronomists.

The textbook discusses the causes of organizational changes, the tasks of change management managers, methods for diagnosing organizations and identifying areas of need for changes. The main theoretical approaches and models of change management, methods of their planning and sequence of actions for their implementation, as well as a wide range of problems associated with changes are presented: the perception of changes by personnel, the reasons for resistance to changes and methods of overcoming it, the formation of change management teams, strategies for their implementation. The features of changes in the organizational structure, culture of the organization, ways of radical changes and management of changes in a crisis are considered.

For Master's degree students studying in management specialties.

The textbook covers the main issues of the petrology of metamorphic and metasomatic rocks and impactites and analyzes the main types and factors of metamorphic processes. Based on the physicochemical analysis of mineral parageneses, it describes the most important mineral associations that arise under metamorphism and provides the formational analysis of metamorphic rocks.

For students and postgraduates of geological and geochemical specialties.

The book contains about a thousand tasks that can be used in the study of algebra in both regular and specialized physics and mathematics classes and in preparation for the Unified State Exam and other exams and mathematical Olympiads up to the highest level. It can serve as an addition to the well-known problem books used in secondary and higher school.

It contains collections of problems on the main topics studied at school: algebraic and trigonometric equations and systems, solving algebraic and trigonometric inequalities, proving inequalities, complex numbers. The issues that go beyond the scope of the school curriculum, but accessible to the understanding of schoolchildren, are considered. The necessary theoretical information is presented in the form of task cycles.

The book contains both easy and difficult problems that were offered at mathematical Olympiads at one time or contain non-trivial facts from theory that go beyond the scope of the program. Some tasks are left without instructions and solutions, teachers can use them for training exams and Olympiads.

The book is of interest to both schoolchildren and students, teachers and all lovers of mathematics.

The textbook systematically describes the course of inorganic chemistry (chemistry of elements) in accordance with the standard program of the discipline "Inorganic Chemistry" for chemical faculties of state universities on the basis of a long-period version of the Periodic system of Mendeleev. Structural data, the basics of the valence bond method, the theory of the crystal field, molecular orbitals, the modern version of the polarization theory, the Gillepsi method are widely used. The book reflects many years of experience in teaching inorganic chemistry at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of Chemical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

For students of chemical faculties of universities, it will be useful for graduate students, teachers and anyone interested in inorganic chemistry or working in this field.

The proposed determinant based on modern ideas about the systematics of lichens makes it possible to make up for the lack of knowledge of these organisms in swamp ecosystems. The first sections provide brief information about the biology, ecology, practical significance of lichens, and methods of study necessary for the identification of species. In the main part, various keys are given for determining lichens (genera, lichen species, taking into account their substrate confinement and in the absence of fruit bodies); diagnoses of 107 genera are given, before which keys are given for determining the species of these genera, as well as diagnoses of 345 species. After the name of the species, its synonyms are given, and after the diagnosis of the species, the types of swamps and the substrates on which these taxa occur in swamps are indicated. 

The determinant is designed for botanists, geographers, employees of specially protected natural areas, students, postgraduates, as well as nature lovers interested in lichens.

The textbook discusses the composition and structure of the underground hydrosphere, types of groundwater and conditions of their formation, the principles of hydrogeological zoning and the main types of hydrogeological areas problems of use and protection of groundwater: fresh mineral therapeutic, industrial and thermal power, as well as methods of field hydrogeological work, widely used in various types of research and surveys.

For students studying in the direction of "Geology", it can be used when reading the course "Hydrogeology" ("General Hydrogeology") to students of the specialties "Hydrology" and "Geoecology" of geographical faculties of universities, as well as for students studying in the specialty "Prospecting and exploration of groundwater and engineering geological surveys" of technical universities.

The manual includes materials for self-preparation to the examination in the course “Introduction to Globalistics”. The book outlines the subject field of global studies, and topical issues of Globalistics as an integrative science. The manual covers the basic categories of Globalistics: global issues, global processes and systems, globalization, sustainable development.

The physical foundations of low-energy neutron scattering methods for studying the structure and dynamics of matter in a condensed state are described. The textbook is written on the basis of courses of lectures given by the authors at the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The book consists of three parts. The first part contains a consistent presentation of the principles of the theory of low-energy neutron scattering. The second part is devoted to the methods of obtaining and forming neutron beams, as well as their registration. The third part is devoted to basic experimental methods of neutronography, describes the principles of the device of experimental installations and measurements, as well as methods of interpretation of experimental data based on the theory described in the first part.

For students, postgraduates and researchers working or beginning to work in the field of research of physical, chemical and biological systems at the microscopic level.

As part of the curriculum, this textbook provides a fairly general, complete basic understanding of the basic (including classical) physiological concepts and principles used in the study of the blood coagulation system. The application of modern biochemical approaches to solving the problem of physiological regulation of the blood coagulation system makes it possible to understand the mechanisms of interaction between the processes of coagulation and anticoagulation.

The textbook consists of two parts, the first of which covers modern theoretical concepts of the physiological foundations of blood clotting processes occurring in the body, their relationship with the function of the body's anticoagulation system. The second part is devoted to the practical application of the theoretical knowledge on hemostasis and includes the implementation of tasks in the direction of professional activity of students who study primary and plasma hemostasis, humoral agents of the anticoagulation system of the blood, the relationship of the coagulation and insulin systems of the body. This is the most important difference between this textbook and other books on the physiology and biochemistry of blood clotting.

The textbook examines the current state of the hemostasis system and introduces readers to blood research methods used in physiological and biochemical laboratories and medical practice.

It is intended for students and teachers of biological and medical universities, researchers, doctors.

The textbook provides a complete course in basic physical geochemistry. It considers the subject and methods of physical geochemistry as a science of the physicochemical regularities of mineral, rock and ore formation and gives general points of the thermodynamics of equilibrium natural systems, which are a special type of systems with completely mobile components. It derives main thermodynamic relationships that characterize natural processes and shows their application. The book gives a detailed description of the questions of theory, topology, methods for constructing diagrams used in geochemistry, petrology, and the theory of mineral deposits.
For students, graduate students and all specialists involved in the study of physical and chemical regularities of natural processes.

The textbook (its first edition was published in 1997) presents a picture of the organic world of the past as it came into existence 3.8 billion years ago. It outlines general provisions and basic concepts of paleontology including the history of paleontology, types of fossil preservation, evolution patterns; habitat, organisms’ conditions and life in marine and terrestrial environments; bionomics of the World Ocean; biomineralization and fossilization; the role of organisms in sedimentation and rock formation; importance of paleontology for geological and biological sciences. The systematic part of the book contains a description of 30 types, 58 classes and 132 orders of the five kingdoms (bacteria, cyanobionts, plants, fungi and animals), and 6 major mammal families for vertebrates. The final part deals with the evolution of the organic world from the Archeozoic era to the present day and examines in detail the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods. All the sections are accompanied by a set of tasks, exercises and a variety of illustrative material including four fly-leave illustrations, 335 drawings (often composite), 33 tables and 26 diagrams.
For students and teachers of geology, geography and biology at universities and colleges as well as for museum workers and all lovers of paleontology.

The fourth edition of ‘Practical Course in General Chemistry’ prepared by the author's team under the guidance of Professor S.F. Dunaev presents a wide range of practical tasks and tests that fully correspond to the course curricula of general and inorganic chemistry for non-chemical specialties at Moscow State University and other classical universities. The distinctive feature of this training manual is that it provides a wide representation of the chemistry of the elements. It envisages the use of modern equipment and modern methods of calculation and report in order to perform its tasks and tests. Every college and university and secondary specialized educational institution that teaches general and inorganic chemistry can use this training manual.

This textbook has been developed based on many years of experience in teaching theoretical and practical foundations of cardiovascular physiology at the Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University. It describes modern methods of experimental study of the heart and blood vessels using isolated preparations, individual cells, as well as at the level of the whole organism. The manual is intended for use by students of the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University studying in the areas of "Biology" and "Fundamental and Applied Biology" when studying the specialized course "Practical Physiology of Visceral Systems". 

In addition, the manual will be useful for teachers and students of other specialties in biology and medicine in in-depth study of the material of physiology courses in the areas of "Bioengineering and Bioinformatics", "General Medicine", "Veterinary Medicine".

The textbook has been prepared on the basis of special courses taught at the Department of Accelerator Physics and Radiation Medicine for 20 years. The main material for the book was the textbooks of the cycle "Library of Medical Physics" for the basic courses of the department, published in 2017-2019. The textbook consists of three sections: theoretical chapters, nuclear physics in medicine, clinical dosimetry and quality assurance.

The textbook is intended for students of physical, physico-technical, chemical, radiobiological specialties studying in the specialty " Physics of the atomic nucleus and elementary particles", "Medical physics". It will also be useful for students of other physical, chemical, biological and medical specialties preparing to work in radiological departments of oncological institutions. The publication is also aimed at students studying under the program of additional professional retraining of medical physicists, as well as medical specialists working in radiology, radiation therapy and diagnostics, nuclear medicine.

The textbook deals with the history, specific features and public functions of radio broadcasting, its place in the mass media system, the structure of its expressive means, radio broadcasting program genres and forms, questions of the methodology of the radio journalist's work both when broadcasting live and recording programs for future broadcasts as well as the typology of radio broadcasting organizations that has been established in Russia and abroad. It provides the first ever summary of foreign experience, international broadcasting experience and forms and methods of radio audiences surveys.
For students of journalism and television practitioners.

The book is devoted to the construction of various versions of the theories of elastic thin bodies using the method of orthogonal polynomials. It deals with selected issues of classical and micropolar continuum mechanics and eigenvalue problems of tensor objects of any even rank with some applications to mechanics. Formulas expressing explicitly complete systems of orthonormal proper tensor objects are derived. Classifications of materials are given.

For researchers, undergraduates and postgraduates specializing in the fields of deformable solid mechanics and mechanics of thin structures.

The experimental tasks included in the textbook are based on lecture materials read to students and are aimed at strengthening the theoretical knowledge gained. The publication can be useful for self-preparation of students of natural sciences faculties of universities and medical universities for classes in the physiology of the central nervous system, and can also be used to organize practical classes by university teachers of biological, medical, psychological, veterinary profile.

The textbook "Russian Literature and journalism of the XVIII century" is already the 5th edition. The content of the book covers the period from Peter the Great's transformations to the last decade of the XVIII century, when sentimentalism was established in Russia as a literary trend. The author analyzes the artistic and journalistic works and journalistic activities of famous writers of the XVIII century, introducing the reader to a wide range of names — from Feofan Prokopovich to N.M. Karamzin.

The publication is intended for students, postgraduates and university teachers.

The famous teacher and scientist, academician, Professor Y.M. Sokolov (1889-1941) considers the artistic properties of Russian folklore, its features as a phenomenon of traditional Russian culture. All types of folklore are covered. The history of collecting and studying folklore in Russia is presented. The book is characterized by brevity and clarity of presentation, written in excellent language. Time has highlighted the scientific merits of the book. And to this day the surviving copies of the first (1938) and second (1941) editions are in use by the higher school. The book was also published in English. In the process of preparing for the third edition, comments were made on certain outdated provisions.

For students, postgraduates, teachers and anyone interested in Russian folklore.

The book contains about 700 problems for finding extremes for the finite-dimensional case, for problems of classical calculus of variations, optimal control and convex programming. It contains elements of functional analysis, differential calculus and convex analysis.

The book contains the theory necessary for solving problems and examples. The basis for solving all problems is a single principle that goes back to Lagrangian. Some of the tasks are given with solutions. There are a large number of difficult tasks that can be used as term papers and theses.

For university students majoring in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, as well as for graduate students and researchers.

The monograph summarizes and systematizes the results on the fundamental problem of plasma physics related to the study of physical processes occurring in low-temperature non-stationary multicomponent gas-discharge plasma created by microwave and transverse discharges in high-speed flows of chemically active mixtures. This new field of plasma physics includes both fundamental research of the mechanisms and kinetics of atomic-molecular transformations in plasma, as well as applied aspects of optimization of plasma-chemical processes in supersonic air and air-hydrocarbon flows.

For researchers, graduate students and students specializing in the field of aerodynamics, plasma physics, chemical and physical kinetics.

This textbook covers a wide range of topics related to the sociological analysis of religion. Special attention is paid to the formation and development of the sociology of religion in Russia, a clear definition of the subject area of the sociology of religion in the system of sociological knowledge. The social aspects of the leading religious doctrines are highlighted in detail, and the anti-systemic activities of totalitarian sects and religious cults are substantiated. An important place is occupied by the analysis of the process of politicization of religion and the problems of building a confessional youth policy.

Textbook. 2nd edition. The textbook discusses the principles and methodology of comparative historical linguistics, presents the history of the Proto-Slavic language, contains information about the territory of settlement of the ancient Slavs and their contacts with native speakers of other languages. A special section is devoted to the history of the sound system of the Proto-Slavic language and the later phonetic transformations.

The book is intended for students and postgraduates of philological faculties as a textbook for the course "Comparative grammar of Slavic languages" and as a textbook for the course "Introduction to Slavic Philology".

The textbook, created by one of the prominent scientists in the field of Slavic linguistics, includes the following sections: philological introduction; phonetics; texts from Old Slavic monuments intended for practical classes and containing all the basic data that are studied in the course of the Old Slavic language; dictionary; essays on morphology.

The book consists of three parts. The first part presents all sections of probability theory for physics and mathematics specialties. The limit theorems of probability theory and the theory of random processes, which is important for physical applications, are considered in more detail.

The second part presents the main sections of mathematical statistics and considers its applications in the theory of measuring and computing converters as means of physical measurements and in the theory of statistical solutions.

In the third part, the elements of the theory of possibilities are considered as an alternative probability theory of the randomness model, which allows empirically reconstructing mathematical models of objects, including stochastic ones, whose probabilistic models cannot be constructed empirically. Applications of the theory of possibilities in problems of optimization of solutions, analysis and interpretation of measurement experiment, etc. are considered.

The book is aimed at students of physics and mathematics departments of universities.

The textbook summarizes the materials of educational and methodological developments of the basic course "Sociology of Religion", taught at the Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University for undergraduate students of the educational program in the field of Religious Studies. The publication presents both classical scientific views on a wide range of problems of the sociology of religion in historical, conceptual, methodological aspects, and the author's solution of those problems that constitute the main subject field of the sociology of religion. The appendices contain a number of cases representing examples of sociological research conducted by the staff of the department under the guidance of the author of the textbook — Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Honored Professor of Moscow University I. N. Yablokov. For undergraduate students taking courses in sociology of religion, philosophy of religion and religious studies, as well as for all interested- engaged in the study of religion.

The scientific and auxiliary work was carried out by the Candidate of Philos. M. S. Kiselev, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies.

The textbook corresponds to the program of the courses "Functional Analysis", "Operator Theory", "Analysis III", which are taught at universities and pedagogical universities. The book presents the basic set-theoretic concepts, presents the general theory of metric, topological, linear topological and normalized spaces, the general theory of measure, measurable functions and the Lebesgue integral. The theory of operators in Hilbert space, the spectral theory of self-adjoint operators, traces of operators, applications of methods of the theory of analytic functions in the spectral theory of non-self-adjoint operators, the theory of the Fourier transform and generalized functions are considered in detail.

For students of universities, pedagogical universities and universities with advanced study of mathematics. It can be useful for graduate students and researchers.

The book is based on the courses of lectures that are read annually for graduate students of the Department of Theory of Functions and Functional Analysis of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in preparation for the candidate's minimum. The book contains 19 chapters devoted to various topics from the theory of functions of a real variable, functional analysis and the theory of functions of a complex variable.

The book is intended for students and postgraduates specializing in the theory of functions and functional analysis, as well as for a wide range of mathematicians and physicists using the theory of functions and functional analysis in their research.

The textbook consists of 24 lessons, a "Textbook", a "Short grammar guide", Latin-Russian and Russian-Latin dictionaries and a section "Latin proverbs, sayings, winged words, some legal formulas". Grammatical material with detailed explanations and comments on grammatical topics in relation to texts, as well as the inclusion of syntactic topics in the first lessons allows you to master the basics of Latin grammar and quickly learn to understand unadapted original Latin texts.

For students of humanities faculties, mainly philological and historical-philological, and independent study of the Latin language.

The textbook summarizes, systematizes and deepens knowledge of grammar, word formation, vocabulary and stylistics of the Russian language.

The book is intended for foreign students — students, undergraduates, postgraduates of philological faculties of Russian universities, studying Russian in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Standard (III certification level: general knowledge, professional module "Philology"). The textbook can also be used by teachers of the Russian language abroad.

The textbook characterizes organogenic elements (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur) that are part of both the living matter of bioproducts — higher plants, phyto-, zooplankton and bacteria, and combustible fossils. The main part is devoted to the description of the properties and composition of combustible minerals: natural gas, oil and naphthides, peat, brown, hard coals, anthracites, sapropelites, oil shales, as well as their secondary changes in deposits in the zones of hypergenesis and catagenesis. An idea of analytical methods for studying their properties and composition is given. The connection of the molecular composition of living matter with the composition of caustobiolites — chemophossils and their precursors for the geological and geochemical interpretation of analytical data is traced. Examples of material and material-genetic classifications of caustobiolites are described. The review of modern methods of interpretation of data on the molecular composition of oil and organic matter of rocks is presented. The abiogenic and organic concepts of the origin of oil and the arguments of proponents of biogenic hypotheses and sedimentary-migration theory of the origin of oil are considered.

The textbook is intended for students, undergraduates and postgraduates studying in the specialty 1.6.11 "Geology, prospecting, exploration and exploitation of oil and gas fields" at geological faculties of universities.

The book presents modern ideas about the physico-chemical properties and reactivity characteristics of various classes of organic sulfur compounds containing sulfur atoms in various degrees of oxidation. The main purpose of the textbook is to deepen the basic theoretical concepts and skills of predicting the direction of chemical reactions of sulfur-containing organic derivatives. The similarity and difference of chemical properties of organosulfur compounds and structurally similar derivatives of carbon and oxygen are analyzed.

The textbook presents the philosophical foundations of strategy theory, the methodology of strategy development and implementation, regional and industry strategizing, the financial foundations of strategizing, strategic leadership and strategic management. The textbook is written based on the strategizing methodology of a scientist-practitioner, a world-famous strategist, a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor, Dr. Sci. (Economics), Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation Vladimir Lvovich Kvint. The presented theoretical provisions embody advanced international experience, reflect the results of the authors' research and 18 years of experience in teaching strategic disciplines at Moscow State University, and the real strategies they have developed at various levels in Russia and abroad.

For students studying in the fields of "Management", "Economics", "Human Resources Management", as well as for students of relevant advanced training courses, leaders of companies, federal departments, regions and municipalities.

This textbook is a revised and expanded edition of the text published in 2011 (Moscow: Academic Project). Since the first edition, the textbook has been an integral part of the educational process at the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University and has shown a very high degree of suitability for the training of both students of philosophical specializations and applicants for academic degrees in relevant areas.

The materials of this textbook are the result of many years of research and teaching work of the author at the Department of Aesthetics of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. The text contains historical and theoretical expositions of classical aesthetic issues.

The publication will be useful for a wide range of readers interested in the theory and history of aesthetics.