Resonance - journal of science education June 2003 Volume 8 Number 6

Resonance journal of science education

June 2003 Volume 8 Number 6

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial
Editor’s Column
M K Chandrashekaran

Article-in-a-Box
Paul J Flory – The Man Who Laid the Foundations of Modern Polymer Science
Harold A Scheraga

Classroom
On GCD and LCM in Domains – A Conjecture of Gauss
Dinesh Khurana

Inside Back Cover
Flowering Trees
(Credits: K Sankara Rao, IISc)

GENERAL ARTICLES

Woodward’s Synthesis of Vitamin B12
Adil Ghani Khan and S V Eswaran

Chemistry Behind the Life of a Transformer
Rashmi Sanghi

The Active Lava Flows of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Hetu Sheth

The Unexpected Appearance of Pi in
Diverse Problems
Rajendra Bhatia

Acoustic Communication in Birds
Differences in Songs and Calls, their Production and Biological Significance
Anil Kumar

Spatial Configuration of Macromolecular Chains
Paul J Flory

Information & Announcements

Refresher Course in Experimental Physics

Refresher Course on Physics of the
Atmosphere and the Ocean

Optical Computing
Optical Components and Storage Systems
Debabrata Goswami

BOOK REVIEWS

Himalaya: Emergence and Evolution
Rasoul Sorkhabi

Front Cover
	1100°C-hot red lava dripping into a pit. Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Photo by Hetu Sheth, July 2002. (Colour scheme for cover by Jayant Rao)
Back Cover
	Paul J Flory ( 1910 – 1985) Illustration: Thangapazham

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