pp 1-1 March 1997 Editorial

Editorial

N Mukunda

pp 2-4 March 1997 Article-in-a-Box

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

V Chandrasekhar

pp 5-5 March 1997 Science Smiles

Science Smiles

R K Laxman

pp 6-7 March 1997 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-15 March 1997 Series Article

The Challenge of Weather Prediction Old and Modern Ways of Weather Forecasting

B N Goswami

pp 16-32 March 1997 Series Article

Algorithms - Algorithms for Sorting and Searching

R K Shyamasundar

pp 33-47 March 1997 Series Article

Error Correcting Codes - Reed Solomon Codes

Priti Shankar

pp 48-57 March 1997 Series Article

Know Your Chromosomes - The Uniqueness of Sex Chromosomes

Vani Brahmachari

pp 58-68 March 1997 General Article

Transfinite Numbers - What is Infinity?

S M Srivastava

pp 69-73 March 1997 Classroom

On Fermat's Two-Square Theorem

Shailesh A Shirali

pp 73-75 March 1997 Classroom

Substituent Effect of the Methoxy Group

Gurumayum S D Sharma S V Eswaran

pp 76-78 March 1997 Think It Over

The Odd Ball Problem Question raised in the Think It Over section of Resonance

C R Pranesachar

pp 79-81 March 1997 Think It Over

Why Rods and Cocci

Milind G Watve

pp 82-82 March 1997 Think It Over

Test Your Knowledge of the Chemistry of Elements

C G Ramankutty

pp 82-84 March 1997 Think It Over

Which Direction Does the Frictional Force Act? Question raised in the Think It Over section of Resonance, Vol. 1, No. 8

Rajaram Nityananda

pp 85-86 March 1997 Research News

The Space Telescope Looks for Black Holes - Monsters Lurk at the Centres of Many Galaxies

Rajaram Nityananda

pp 87-88 March 1997 Book Review

Horizons of Physics-A Series for Undergraduate Students and Teachers

Avinash Khare

pp 88-90 March 1997 Book Review

Elements of Cosmology-A Lucid, Direct Style that Goes to the Heart of the Subject

N Panchapakesan

pp 90-92 March 1997 Book Review

The Language of the Genes Linking the Past and the Future

Amitabh Joshi

pp 93-94 March 1997 Book Review

Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe

Jayant V Narlikar

pp 95-95 March 1997

Acknowledgements

pp 98-98 March 1997 Books Received

Books Received

pp 102-102 March 1997 Featured Scientist

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)