Resonance     journal of science education

February 2000 Volume 5 Number 2
Editorial / Associate Editor’s Column 
Rajaram Nityananda
  SERIES ARTICLES
04 Science and Technology of Ceramics Advanced Ceramics: Structural Ceramics and Glasses
Sheela K Ramasesha
  GENERAL ARTICLES
12 Poincaré and the Special Theory of Relativity
Supurna Sinha
16 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999
Rohini M Godbole
26 Poincaré and the Theory of Automorphic Functions
C S Yogananda
32 Aircraft Detectors, Trap Triggers and Combination Locks Functional Diversity of Insect Mechanosensory Hairs
Jürgen Tautz
39 Discrete-Time Systems Why do We Celebrate Birthdays Once a Year?
A Ramakalyan, P Kavitha and S Harini Vijayalakshmi
50 Fire Synthesis Preparation of Alumina Products
Tanu Mimani
58 CLASSROOM
  Poincaré Sphere
G S Ranganath
  Poincaré and Celestial Mechanics
Rajaram Nityananda
  Largest Two Entries in a Row and Column
R B Bapat
  Physics of Mass and Force
S H Patil
82
 RESEARCH NEWS
The True Origin of Agriculture: Credit Goes to the Ants
Raghavendra Gadagkar
80
 BOOK REVIEWS
The Lives of a Cell
Harini Nagendra
Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
G Venkataraman
Science and Hypothesis
N Mukunda
85
 REFLECTIONS
Mathematical Creation
Henri Poincaré
104
 INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Refresher Course in Animal Science
Indian Statistical Institute
Answer to Crossword Puzzle


Front Cover
The caterpillar of the European moth Biston betularia which mimics a twig, in color, shape and the position in which it rests.

Back Cover

Henri Poincaré
( 1854 – 1912 )
( Illustration by Prema Iyer )

 

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