Resonance     journal of science education

May 1997 Volume 2  Number 5
Editorial 
N. Mukunda
Leonhard Euler
 C S Yogananda
Science Smiles
R K Laxman
  SERIES ARTICLES
08 What Can the Answer be? Reciprocal Basis in Two Dimensions and Other Nice Things
V Balakrishnan
15 Know Your Personal Computer Input–Output Ports
S K Ghoshal
23 Use of Isotopes for Studying Reaction Mechanisms Isotopes as Markers
Uday Maitra and J Chandrasekhar
  GENERAL ARTICLES
29 Nilakantha, Euler and p
Shailesh A Shirali
44 What is a Gene? A Question with Variable Answers
S C Lakhotia
  FEATURE ARTICLES
54 Nature Watch Will the Meek Inherit the Earth?
Kartik Shanker
60 What's New in ComputersFortran 95
V Rajaraman
69 Molecule of the Month Molecular–Chameleon: Solvatochromism at its Iridescent Best!
Photon Rao
74 CLASSROOM
  Is Heaven a Pleasant Place?
G S Ranganath
  THINK IT OVER
76 Buffon's Needle Problem
Bikramjit Banerjee
  RESEARCH NEWS
77 Some Unsolved Problems in Number Theory Progress Made in Recent Times
K Ramachandra
81
 BOOK REVIEWS
Deterministic Chaos – Complex Chance Out of Simple Necessity A Lively Introduction to Chaos
 Ravindra E Amritkar
Chemistry Today and Tomorrow – The Central, Useful and Creative Science
 Uday Maitra
Neem: A User's Manual The 'Free Tree' – Its Healing Power and Other Uses
M D Subash Chandran
Challenge and Thrill of Pre-College Mathematics A Treasure House for Students
A M Vaidya
Acknowledgments / Books Received


Front Cover
The cover photograph shows a remarkable dye which has different colours in different solvents. The structure of the molecule is shown on top and the formulae of the solvents are indicated above each solution. For a detailed account on this Molecular Chameleon, see the Feature Article on page 69.

 

Back Cover
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)
(illustration by Prema Iyer)

 

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