Resonance     journal of science education

October 1997 Volume 2  Number 10
Editorial 
N. Mukunda
Linus Carl Pauling
J Chandrasekhar
Science Smiles
R K Laxman
  SERIES ARTICLES
08 Approach to Absolute Zero Below 10 milli-Kelvin
R Srinivasan
  GENERAL ARTICLES
17 Algorithms Universality and Incomputability
R K Shyamasundar
29 Use of Isotopes for Studying Reaction Mechanisms Distinguishing between Single Minima and Rapidly Equilibrating Structures
Uday Maitra and J Chandrasekhar
38 How to Stay Away from Each Other in a Spherical Universe Orthogonal Polynomials and Spherical Codes
Bhaskar Bagchi
Electricity AC versus DC
D P Sen Gupta
FEATURE ARTICLES
54 Nature Watch The Amazing Desert Gerbil
Ishwar Prakash
62 CLASSROOM
  Fractals: A New Geometry of Nature
T S K V Iyer, B Ramasamy and P Varadharajan
69 THINK IT OVER
  Buffon's Needle Problem
Mohan Delampady
  How Many Functional Molecules
Milind Watve
RESEARCH NEWS
72
 Lambing by the Mother of All Techniques Cloning by Nuclear Transplantation
D Somashekar
76
 Pathfinder on Mars: A New Era of Planetary Exploration
Jitendranath Goswami
80
 BOOK REVIEWS
Biodiversity – A Manual for College Teachers
N S Leela
82
 REFLECTIONS
The Determinants of the Scientific Revolution Factors and Conceptual Frameworks
Virendra Singh
92
 INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nuclear Science Centre
N Madhavan


Front Cover
A portion of the presidential panorama showing the Sojourner Rover taking its APXS measurement of Yogi. ( Courtesy NASA )

Back Cover

Linus Carl Pauling ( 1901-1994 )
(illustration by Prema Iyer)

 

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