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Vol. 89  No. 12
25 December  2005


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Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

1971

In this issue


GUEST EDITORIAL

1973

A Celebration of Albert Einstein
  N. Mukunda

CORRESPONDENCE

1975

Coolieization of India
 

V. Siddhartha

1975

Back to basics
 

Sunita Jacob

1975 Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam & Zaid: wrong interpretation of the original paper and misquotation of the authors
 

Ahmad S. Islam; response by Vatsavaya S. Raju

1977 Structure and tectonics of Kutch basin and earthquakes
  A. B. Roy

NEWS

1978 Experimental physics
1979 Towards developing a better appreciation of the seismicity and tectonics of Andaman and Nicobar subduction zone
  C. P. Rajendran and P. M. Mohan

SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

1981

Hypericin accumulation in glands of Hypericum perforatum Linn.

 

R. Raina, Joginder Singh, Romesh Chand and Yashpal Sharma

1982

Identifying the dietary source of polyphagous Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) using carbon isotope signatures

 

T. Ambika, M. S. Sheshshayee, C. A. Viraktamath and M. Udayakumar


GENERAL ARTICLES

1985 Contributions and contradictions of Einstein – synthesis of knowledge of the West with wisdom of the East
 

Sudhish Chandra Banerjee

1990 Citation analysis of scientific journals and journal impact measures
  Henk F. Moed

REVIEW ARTICLES

1997 Counting birds in India: Methodologies and trends
 

A. J. Urfi, Monalisa Sen, A. Kalam and T. Meganathan

2004 Codal provisions of seismic hazard in Northeast India
 

Sandip Das, Vinay K. Gupta and Ishwer D. Gupta


RESEARCH ARTICLES

2009 On Einstein’s resolution of the twin clock paradox
 

C. S. Unnikrishnan

2016 EPR spectroscopic characteristics of quartz from tungsten-mineralized and tungsten-free quartz veins in Sewariya–Govindgarh area, Rajasthan, India
  U. Dhanya, M. S. Pandian, C. Shiyamala, R. Sivasubramaniam, D. Ponraju and P. Sambasiva Rao
2022 Performance evaluation of ANN and geomorphology-based models for runoff and sediment yield prediction for a Canadian watershed
  A. Sarangi, C. A. Madramootoo, P. Enright, S. O. Prasher and R. M. Patel

SPECIAL SECTION: THE LEGACY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN

2034 Head of Einstein, Jacob Epstein, 1955. Courtesy of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
2035 Einstein and the search for unification
 

David Gross

2041 Einstein and geometry
  Michael Atiyah
2045 String theory and Einstein’s dream
  Ashoke Sen
2054 Black hole entropy in string theory – A window into the quantum structure of gravity
  Atish Dabholkar
2064 The winding road to quantum gravity
  Abhay Ashtekar
2075 Einstein in Berne, 1905. Courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York
2076 Brownian functionals in Physics and Computer Science
  Satya N. Majumdar
2093 Bose–Einstein condensation: Where many become one and so there is plenty of room at the bottom
  N. Kumar
2101 Einstein and the quantum
  Virendra Singh
2113 Einstein lecturing at College de France (1922). Courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York
2114 Einstein’s legacy: Relativistic cosmology
  Jayant V. Narlikar
2120 Einstein’s universe: The challenge of dark energy
  Subir Sarkar
2129 Gravitational radiation – In celebration of Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis
  B. S. Sathyaprakash
2140 Einstein, Yukawa, Wheeler and Bhabha at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. (Courtesy: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
2141 Albert Einstein: Radical pacifist and democrat
  T. Jayaraman
2146 Einstein in his Study at Princeton. Photo by Alan Richards, Courtesy of the Archives of the Institute for Advanced Study

RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

2147

Estimation of crystallinity in flyash-based zeolite-A using XRD and IR spectroscopy


S. S. Rayalu, J. S. Udhoji, S. U. Meshram, R. R. Naidu and S. Devotta

2151

Cold-tolerant fluorescent Pseudomonas isolates from Garhwal Himalayas as potential plant growth promoting and biocontrol agents in pea

 

Yogesh Kumar Negi, S. K. Garg and J. Kumar

2156

Histochemical and biochemical studies of parasite–host interaction of Cassytha filiformis Linn. and Zizyphus jujuba Lamk.

 

M. N. Abubacker, M. Prince and Y. Hariharan

2159

Long-term lowland rice and arable cropping effects on carbon and nitrogen status of some semi-arid tropical soils

 

K. L. Sahrawat, T. Bhattacharyya, S. P. Wani, P. Chandran, S. K. Ray, D. K. Pal and K. V. Padmaja

2163

Water quality variations as linked to landuse pattern: A case study in Chalakudy river basin, Kerala

 

Srikumar Chattopadhyay, L. Asa Rani and P. V. Sangeetha


Erratum
2169 Avian brain nomenclature change, Monika Sadananda [Curr. Sci., 2005, 89, 1662–1664]

BOOK REVIEWS

2170

Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers by Paul J. Nahin

 

reviewed by Sudhir Pandit

2170

Measuring Biological Diversity by Anne E. Magurran

 

reviewed by Krushnamegh Kunte

2171 Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation by Henk F. Moed

reviewed by Subbiah Arunachalam
2172 It’s About Time – Understanding Einstein’s Relativity by N. David Mermin

reviewed by C. V. Vishveshwara

HISTORICAL NOTES

2174

Folklore and Astronomy: Agastya a sage and a star

 

K. D. Abhyankar


2184

Institutional Members


2187

Acknowledgements


2190

Author Index


2199

Keyword Index


2209

Volume Contents


COVER CAPTION

 

COVER. Einstein at different ages. (Left) Einstein 1905 in Berne. Courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York; (Middle) Einstein. Courtesy: AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives; (Right) Einstein. Courtesy: AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives. See special section.


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