Resonance     journal of science education

July 1999 Volume 4 Number 7
Editorial / Associate Editor's column  
Alladi Sitaram
  SERIES ARTICLES
04 175 Years of Linear Programming Minimax and Cake
Topography

Vijay Chandru and M R Rao
14 Electrostatics in Chemistry Molecular Electrostatic Potential: Visualization and
Topography

Shridhar R Gadre and Pravin K Bhadane
  GENERAL ARTICLES
24 Wegener and his Theory of Continental Drift
Ramesh Chander
Assembly and Breakup of Supercontinents A Story of the Changing Map Patterns of the Earth
A B Roy
49 Opinion Polls and Statistical Surveys: What They Really Tell Us
Rajeeva L Karandikar and Ayanendranath Basu
59 Fermat’s Two Squares Theorem Revisited
Bhaskar Bagchi
  FEATURE ARTICLES
68 Nature Watch The Odyssey of the Olive Ridley
Kartik Shanker
79
RESEARCH NEWS
The Work of the Fields Medallists: 1998 Maxim Kontsevich
T R Ramadas
83
BOOK REVIEWS
The Trail of Genetic Detectives
Vani Brahmachari
Organic Chemistry: The Name Game – Modern Coined Terms and their Origins
Uday Maitra
Intuitive Topology
Parameswaran Sankaran
Watching the Weather
J Srinivasan
Watching the Universe
Chanda J Jog
92
INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Physical Research Laboratory
P Sharma


Front Cover
A mating pair of olive ridley
(Kartik Shanker)

Back Cover

Alfred Wegener
( 1880 – 1930 )
( Illustration by Prema Iyer )

 

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