pp 1-2 January 1999 Editorial

Editorial

N Mukunda

pp 3-4 January 1999 Article-in-a-Box

Norbert Wiener and Control Engineering

Vivek S Borkar

pp 4-5 January 1999 Article-in-a-Box

Norbert Wiener and Harmonic Analysis

Alladi Sitaram

pp 6-7 January 1999 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-22 January 1999 Series Article

175 Years of Linear Programming - Pivots in Column Space

Vijay Chandru M R Rao

pp 23-31 January 1999 General Article

Crossing Bridges

Joseph Samuel

pp 32-35 January 1999 General Article

Norbert Wiener and Probability Theory - Some Reflections

G Kallianpur

pp 36-44 January 1999 General Article

Pollution of Coastal Seas

M J Varkey

pp 45-52 January 1999 General Article

Systems and Control Engineering - Notions of Control

A Rama Kalyan J R Vengateswaran

pp 53-62 January 1999 General Article

Self Assembled Monolayers

T Pradeep

pp 63-66 January 1999 Classroom

Order Out of Disorder

Supurna Sinha

pp 67-67 January 1999 Think It Over

Answer to Barometer Problem

Rajaram Nityananda

pp 68-72 January 1999 Research News

Fascinating Shapes and Structures Due to Entropic Forces

Kheya Sengupta Kattera A Suresh

pp 73-75 January 1999 Research News

Adaptive Significance of Circadian Rhythms - Biological Clocks and Darwinian Fitness in Cyanobacteria

V Sheeba Vijay Kumar Sharma Amitabh Joshi

pp 76-79 January 1999 Book Review

Ex-Prodigy, My Childhood and Youth

Roddam Narasimha

pp 80-80 January 1999 Reflections

Introduction to Wiener's Article

V Rajaraman

pp 80-88 January 1999 Reflections

Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation

Norbert Wiener

pp 89-92 January 1999 Information and Announcements

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

R Jagannathan

pp 93-93 January 1999

Acknowledgements

pp 95-95 January 1999 Featured Scientist

Norbert Wiener (1894-1964)