Resonance     journal of science education

December 1999 Volume 4 Number 12
Editorial 
N. Mukunda
Associate Editor’s Column
Rajaram Nityananda
  SERIES ARTICLES
04 Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceans: Evidence from Geological Records Evolution of the Early Atmosphere
P V Sukumaran
11 Electrostatics in Chemistry Electrostatic Models for Weak Molecular Complexation
Shridhar R Gadre and Pravin K Bhadane
21 Science and Technology of Ceramics Functional Ceramics
Sheela Ramasesha
  GENERAL ARTICLES
31 Your Vision with and without Trigonometry Trickeries of a Mundane Pendulum and the Sky-Borne Moon
S R Madhu Rao
41 Cyclotomy and Cyclotomic PolynomialsThe Story of how Gauss Narrowly Missed Becoming a Philologist
B Sury
54 Sewall Wright: A Life in Evolution
Amitabh Joshi
66 The Shifting Balance Theory of Evolution
Amitabh Joshi
76 Robotics Components and Subsystems
J R Vengateswaran
83 CLASSROOM
  Modular Arithmetic and the Calendar
Fr. James Philip
  Project Lifescape – Genus Ficus
Ghate Utkarsh and M R Almeida
101
RESEARCH NEWS
Algebraic Geometry Solves an Old Matrix Problem
R Bhatia
106
BOOK REVIEWS
Introduction to Special Theory of Relativity
Sukanya Sinha
Mathematics and Sports
Vivek S Borkar


Front Cover
A study of electrostatic potential can provide useful guidelines for investigating weak molecular clusters. A variety of models incorporating electrostatics as a principle ingredient have been developed for probing such complexes. The cover page shows a cluster of six water molecules networked by OH...O hydrogen bond. Isosurfaces of MESP values ‘X=–105’ and ’Y=1050’ kJ mol–1 are superposed on the corresponding ball and stick model in order to bring out the complementary lock-and-key arrangement.

Back Cover

Sewall Wright
( 1889 – 1988 )
( Illustration by Prema Iyer )

 

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