About the book: 2000 / The seventh book of works by Yu. M. Lotman presents him as the founder of the Moscow-Tartu semiotic school, the author of universal semiotic theory and methodology. The works in this area that make up this volume brought the scientist world fame. The monographs published in the volume (“Culture and the Explosion” and “Inside Thinking Worlds”), articles from different years, essentially return to scientific use and become accessible to a wide circle of humanists. The book will be useful for students and teachers, cultural historians and linguists, for everyone who studies the deep phenomena of culture.SEMIOSPHERE Culture and the explosion Inside thinking worlds Articles. Research. Notes (1968–1992) Editors N. G. Nikolayuk, T. A. Shpak Computer layout S. L. Pilipenko Computer typesetting G. P. Zhukova Proofreaders L. N. Borisova, T. A. Rumyantseva