Resonance     journal of science education

April 2005      Volume 10  Number 4
 
Editorial  
Editor’s Column
Jaywant H Arakeri
  GENERAL ARTICLES
04 The Largest and Oldest Living Organism
Ramesh Maheshwari
10 Of Connections and Fields – I
Chern’s Mathematical Ideas in Physics
Joseph Samuell
22 Chern and Total Curvature
Siddhartha Gadgil
32 The Special Theory of Relativity
Vasant Natarajan and Diptiman Sen
51 Mathematics in Engineering – I
Anindya Chatterjeej
CLASSROOM
65 An Appreciation of Free Radical Chemistry – 3. Free Radicals in Diseases and Health
G Nagendrappa
75 The Mechanical Black Box – A Challenge from the 35th International Physics Olympiad
Vijay A Singh, Rajesh B Khaparde and S R Pathare
83 Learning Earthquake Design and Construction
17. How do Earthquakes Affect Reinforced Concrete Buildings?
C V R Murty
87 Learning Earthquake Design and Construction
18. How do Beams in RC Buildings Resist Earthquakes?
C V R Murty
Information and Announcements
Refresher Course in Earth System Science
Inside Back Cover
Flowering Trees
(Credits: K Sankara Rao,IISc)
Front Cover Back Cover


Shiing-Shen Chern
(1911 – 2004)

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