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Gemasolar Power Plant in Spain.
Source :
http://www.torresolenergy.com/TORRESOL/Press/torresol-energy-commissions-gemasolar-power-plant-in-spain.
Reproduced with permission from Torresol Energy.

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Shreeram S Abhyankar
(1930–2012)
(Illustration: Subhankar Biswas)



 

May 2013 Volume 18 Number 5 Contents

EDITORIAL
393

Editorial

--- C S Yogananda

CARTOON
396

Science Smiles

--- Ayan Guha

GENERAL ARTICLES
397

Remembering Shreeram S Abhyankar

--- Sudhir R Ghorpade

412

The Ladies’ Diary

Puzzles and Riddles from the Era of Newton!

--- B S Shylaja

SERIES ARTICLES
428

Fascinating Organic Molecules from Nature

Using a Natural Product to Catch Fish! The Chemistry of Rotenoids

--- N R Krishnaswamy and C N Sundaresan

440

Challenges in the Quest for Clean Energies

Solar Energy Technologies

--- Sheela K Ramasesha

CLASSROOM
458
468
475
CLASSICS
387

Flowering Trees
--- (Credits: K Sankara Rao, IISc, Bangalore)