Resonance     journal of science education

January 2000 Volume 5 Number 1
Editorial / Associate Editor’s Column 
Rajaram Nityananda
  GENERAL ARTICLES
04 Search for a Final Theory of Matter
Ashoke Sen
14 Continued Fractions for e
Shailesh A Shirali
29 Gröbner Bases A Useful Tool in Algebra
Arnab Chakraborty
45 Cancer Genes: The Molecular Militants
M S S Murthy
60 Thomas Alva Edison His Contributions to Lighting and Power Generation
D P Sengupta
71 Thomas Alva Edison Contributions to Entertainment and Communications
K D Pavate
76 The Man Behind ‘Femtochemistry’ Ahmed Zewail Wins the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Puspendu Kumar Das
83 CLASSROOM
  International Physics Olympiad’98 – 1. Experiments
Saikat Guha
  Project Lifescape – Diseases:Paddy
R J Ranjit Daniels
101
 RESEARCH NEWS
More than a Handful ... N5+
A G Samuelson
105
 BOOK REVIEWS
Birds of Rishi Valley, and Renewal of their Habitats
Mahesh Rangarajan
Books Received
Crossword Puzzle


Front Cover
Edison’s Phonograph
(Courtesy: Sujit K Sikdar)

Back Cover

Thomas Alva Edison
( 1847 – 1931 )
( Illustration by D P Sengupta )

 

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