pp 1-1 August 1997 Editorial

Editorial

N Mukunda

pp 2-2 August 1997 Article-in-a-Box

Jean-Victor Poncelet

C S Yogananda

pp 3-3 August 1997 Science Smiles

Science Smiles

R K Laxman

pp 4-5 August 1997 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 6-17 August 1997 Series Article

Algorithms - Algorithm Design Techniques

R K Shyamasundar

pp 18-25 August 1997 Series Article

Use of Isotopes for Studying Reaction Mechanisms-Secondary Kinetic Isotope Effect

Uday Maitra J Chandrasekhar

pp 26-31 August 1997 General Article

The Liquid State Its Structure and Dynamics

K R Rao

pp 32-40 August 1997 General Article

The Coaxial Cable How Cable TV Operators Use the Laplacian Operator

Joseph Samuel Supurna Sinha

pp 41-49 August 1997 General Article

Visualizing a Concept Methods of Looking at Active Genes

S C Lakhotia

pp 50-59 August 1997 General Article

Turing Test and After

V Rajaraman

pp 60-66 August 1997 General Article

Lignin Macromolecule

R S Rohella N Sahoo V Chakravortty

pp 67-69 August 1997 Classroom

Are All Matrices Diagonalisable?

Kapil H Paranjape

pp 70-72 August 1997 Classroom

Image Formation Through Extended Apertures

Prahallad Chandra Naik

pp 73-77 August 1997 Classroom

Discussion on the Evolution of Ageing

Milind G Watve Amitabh Joshi

pp 78-78 August 1997 Think It Over

Puzzling Rectangles

B V Rajarama Bhat

pp 79-81 August 1997 Research News

Missing Neutrinos from the Sun?

Anjan S Joshipura

pp 82-83 August 1997 Book Review

A Course on Topological Groups - A Pellucid Little Book on Topological Groups

K Parthasarathy

pp 83-86 August 1997 Book Review

Alan Turing – The Enigma of Intelligence

Priti Shankar

pp 87-95 August 1997 Reflections

Projective Geometry

S Ramanan

pp 96-96 August 1997

Acknowledgements

pp 98-98 August 1997 Featured Scientist

Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788-1867)