pp 1-3 March 2000 Editorial

Editorial

Rajaram Nityananda

pp 4-5 March 2000 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 6-15 March 2000 General Article

Einstein and the Special Theory of Relativity

Supurna Sinha

pp 16-34 March 2000 General Article

Pollen Grains, Random Walks and Einstein

Sriram Ramaswamy

pp 35-51 March 2000 General Article

The Story of the Photon

N Mukunda

pp 52-59 March 2000 General Article

Orthogonalisation of Vectors - Matrix Decomposition and Approximation Problems

Rajendra Bhatia

pp 60-65 March 2000 General Article

Glossopterids: Suzerians of Geologically Past Indian Forests

Dipanjan Ghosh

pp 66-76 March 2000 General Article

Robotics - Instrumentation and Control in Robotics

J R Vengateswaran

pp 77-81 March 2000 General Article

Microwave Irradiation - Way to Eco-friendly, Green Chemistry

Rashmi Sanghi

pp 82-85 March 2000 Classroom

The Rule of Three, Maximum Likelihood, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

M G Nadkarni

pp 86-97 March 2000 Classroom

Project Lifescape: Butterfly Accounts

Krushnamegh J Kunte

pp 98-101 March 2000 Book Review

Einstein - The Life and Times

Bikram Phookun

pp 102-104 March 2000 Book Review

Knots and Surfaces

Vishwambhar Pati

pp 105-105 March 2000 Classics

Introduction

C S Yogananda

pp 105-108 March 2000 Classics

The Cause of the Formation of Meanders in the Courses of Rivers and of the So-Called Baer's Law

Albert Einstein

pp 110-110 March 2000 Featured Scientist

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)