Resonance     journal of science education

November 1999 Volume 4 Number 11
Editorial / Associate Editor’s Column 
Alladi Sitaram
  GENERAL ARTICLES
04 Can Dams and Reservoirs Cause Earthquakes? Triggering of Earthquakes
Ramesh Chander
14
 The Jordan Curve Theorem Conclusions
Ritabrata Munshi
21 Remembering Max Delbrück: The Scientist and the Man
Makkuni Jayaram
35 Delbrück’s Publications in Biology
Vidyanand Nanjundiah
54 Turbulence and Flying Machines
Rama Govindarajan
63 CLASSROOM
  IMO 1999 Question Paper
  Inadequacy of Water Band Movement Technique for Kinetic Interpretation of RCOOH–NaHCO3 Reaction
P Sahoo and B Saha
  Meteors – The Terrestrial and Celestial Connection
B S Shylaja
80
 RESEARCH NEWS
Fields MedallistsCurtis T McMullen
Nimish A Shah
84
 BOOK REVIEWS
Mind from Matter? An Essay on Evolutionary Epistemology
N Mukunda
Complex Variables – Introduction and Applications
S Kesavan
88
 CLASSICS
A Physicist Looks at Biology
Max Delbrück
103
 INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
JEST – 2000
See inside back cover

1. Indian Team Tops the 4th International Astronomy Olympiad

2. Nobel Prizes – 99


Front Cover
Electron micrograph of phage T4 (right) and myco-bacteriophage I3 (left). Max Delbrück contributed to our understanding of the genetics of phage T4. Phage I3 was isolated and its biology has been investigated at IISc by T Ramakrishnan and his colleagues.
(Courtesy V Nagaraja)

Back Cover

Max Delbrück
( 1906 – 1981 )
( Illustration by Prema Iyer )

 

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