Resonance     journal of science education

July 1996      Volume 1  Number 7


Editorial 
N.Mukunda
Chief Editor's column / Science Smiles
R K Laxman
  SERIES ARTICLES
06 Origin (?) of the Universe The First Three Minutes
Jayant V Narlikar
Know Your Personal Computer The CPU Based Architecture
S K Ghoshal
23 Learning Organic Chemistry Through Natural engine Products Structure and Biological Functions
N R Krishnaswamy
  GENERAL ARTICLES
Knots Howto Distinguish Two Knots If You Must
V S Sunder
A Crab in the Lab that Identified High and Low Tides in the Sea Two Miles Away The Rediscoveryof Tidal Rhythms in India
M K Chandrashekaran
  FEATURE ARTICLES
52 Nature Watch A Horde of Indian Deer
T R Shankar Raman
62 Molecule of the Month A Tetrahedrane Derivative
Uday Maitra
65 What's New in Computers The WebPC
Vijnan Shastri
71 CLASSROOM
  The Multidimensional Drunkard / Distinguishing Isomers by NMR Analysis
74 THINK IT OVER
  100 kgs with 5 stones / Finding the Odd Ball / The Dwarf / Discussion of Questions raised in Vol 1, N04.
79
 BOOK REVIEWS
Memory as a LifeWalking down Memory Lanes
 S Krishnaswamy
82 REFLECTIONS
Science - its Philosophy and Spirit
Hermann Bondi
96 INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Silver Jubilee Meetings of the Ethological Society of India and National Symposium on Behaviour, December 28-30, 1996


Front Cover
A herd of Sambar quench their thirst at a water hole early in the morning in Sariska Tiger Reserve. Rajasthan. On ttie right are two males, one in hard antler and one that has just shed its antlers. Females and a large fawn are also visible (Photograph by T R Shankar Raman).

 

Back Cover
Erwin Bunning (1906-1990)
(Illustration by Prema Iyer)

 

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