Resonance     journal of science education

September 1996 Volume 1  Number 9
Editorial 
N. Mukunda
Chief Editor's column / Sonya K ...
Mythily Ramaswamy

Science Smiles

R K Laxman
  SERIES ARTICLES
08 Life: Complexity and Diversity Distribution of Diversity
Madhav Gadgil
14 Introduction to Algorithms Turtle Graphics
R K Shyamasundar
25 Learning Organic Chemistry Through Natural Products A Practical Approach
N R Krishnaswamy
  GENERAL ARTICLES
34 Planets Move in Circles! A Different View of Orbits
T Padmanabhan
The Secretary Problem Optimal Stopping
Arnab Chakraborty
51 Hydrodynamic Lubrication Experiment with 'Floating' Drops
Jaywant H Arakeri and K R Sreenivas
  FEATURE ARTICLES
59 What's New in Computers Will the Computer Become the World Chess Champion?
K S R Anjaneyulu
66 Molecule of the Month Adamantane - A Plastic Piece of Diamond
J Chandrasekhar
72 CLASSROOM
  The Concept of Experiment in Science
Samir Roy
  On Provability Versus Consistency in Elementary Mathematics
S A Shirali
80 THINK IT OVER
  Discussion on Capillarity, May 1996
83 RESEARCH NEWS
Galaxies — Off to a Flying Start? New Telescopes Tell us Stars Were Made Very Early
R Nityananda
86
BOOK REVIEWS
Take the Frogs Seriously - They are the Earth's Living Barometers A Book for One and All
Debjani Roy
92
INFORMATION AND ANNOUCEMENTS
Careers in Nature Conservation: The Wildlife Institute of India
T R Shankar Raman


Inside Covers / Books Received / Acknowledgements


Front Cover
The cover illustration is from Johannes Kepler's book. He believed that the relative distances of planets from the sun could be understood based on a model involving the five regular solids. Unlike his laws of planetary motion, this idea of Kelpler's has not survived to the present day.

 

Back Cover
Sonya K ( Sofya Vasilievna Krukovskaya )
( illustration by Prema Iyer )

 

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