pp 1-2 May 1999 Editorial

Editorial

N Mukunda

pp 3-5 May 1999 Article-in-a-Box

Andre Weil

Kapil H Paranjape

pp 6-7 May 1999 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-18 May 1999 Series Article

Great Experiments in Physics - Measuring Diameters of Stars: The Hanbury Brown-Twiss Effect

Amit Roy

pp 19-30 May 1999 Series Article

Numeracy for Everyone - Why Quantification?

Anil P Gore S A Paranjpe

pp 31-39 May 1999 Series Article

175 Years of Linear Programming - Pune's Gift

Vijay Chandru M R Rao

pp 40-51 May 1999 Series Article

Electrostatics in Chemistry - Electrostatic Potentials of Atoms, Ions and Molecules

Shridhar R Gadre Pravin K Bhadane

pp 52-60 May 1999 General Article

The Debate About the Age of the Earth

Ramesh Chander

pp 61-70 May 1999 General Article

Music, Mathematics and Bach - Patterns in Bach's Music

Rahul Siddharthan

pp 71-77 May 1999 General Article

The Weil Conjectures

V Srinivas Kapil H Paranjape

pp 78-87 May 1999 General Article

Therapy in Parkinson's Disease: Some Recent Developments

Amit Krishna De

pp 88-94 May 1999 General Article

Systems and Control Engineering - Control Systems-Analysis and Design

A Rama Kalyan J R Vengateswaran

pp 95-98 May 1999 General Article

Predictive Methods of Pople

Swapan K Ghosh

pp 99-100 May 1999 Book Review

Stories About Maxima and Minima

K S Sarkaria

pp 100-100 May 1999

Acknowledgements

pp 102-102 May 1999 Featured Scientist

Andre Weil (1906-1998)