pp 1-1 April 1996 Editorial

Editorial

N Mukunda

pp 4-4 April 1996 Science Smiles

Chief Editor's column / Science Smiles

R K Laxman

pp 5-14 April 1996 Series Article

Origin (?) of the Universe The First Three Minutes

Jayant V Narlikar

pp 15-22 April 1996 Series Article

Life : Complexity and Diversity Growing Larger

Madhav Gadgil

pp 23-30 April 1996 Series Article

Fascinating Organic Transformations The Ubiquitous Hydrogen Bond

Subramania Ranganathan

pp 31-36 April 1996 Series Article

Know Your Personal Computer The Personal Computer System Software

Siddhartha Kumar Ghoshal

pp 37-49 April 1996 General Article

The Punctured Plane How Topology Governs Analysis

Vishwambhar Pati

pp 50-57 April 1996 Feature Article

Nature Watch The Ancient Mariners

Kartik Shanker

pp 58-60 April 1996 Feature Article

Molecule of the Month A Dicopper (II) Complex Hydrolyzes the Phosphate Diester Bond!

R N Mukherjee

pp 61-63 April 1996 Classroom

Getting the Facts Right Through Puzzles / McKays's Proof of Cauchy's Theorem on Finite Groups

pp 64-66 April 1996 Think It Over

Customers in a Book Exhibition / Self-Copying Program / Discussion on questions raised in Vol. 1. No. 1.

pp 67-73 April 1996 Reflections

The Origins of Science Thales' Leap

Gangan Prathap

pp 74-76 April 1996 Research News

Why is an Ant's Trail Straight?

G S Ranganath

pp 76-81 April 1996 Research News

Hickory Dickory Dock

T R Raghunand

pp 82-86 April 1996 Research News

Environmental Chemists Share the 1995 Chemistry Nobel Prize

S Parthiban

pp 87-89 April 1996 Book Review

The Making of a Scientist

Raghavendra Gadagkar

pp 90-92 April 1996 Book Review

Games with Bubbles

G S Ranganath

pp 92-94 April 1996 Book Review

Complex Function Theory

Gadadhar Misra

pp 96-96 April 1996

Acknowledgements

pp 98-98 April 1996 Featured Scientist

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)