pp 1-1 November 2001 Editorial

Editorial

C S Yogananda

pp 2-3 November 2001 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 4-17 November 2001 Series Article

Early Planetary Environments and the Origin of Life - Origin of Life on Earth

P V Sukumaran

pp 18-26 November 2001 General Article

Necklaces, Periodic Points and Permutation Representations - Fermat’s Little Theorem

Somnath Basu Anindita Bose Sumit Kumar Sinha Pankaj Vishe

pp 27-33 November 2001 General Article

On Transcendental Functions

P Thathabai Nowroji M Muniasamy

pp 34-41 November 2001 General Article

Forest Fires - Origins and Ecological Paradoxes

K Narendran

pp 42-48 November 2001 General Article

Sadi Carnot and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

J Srinivasan

pp 49-62 November 2001 General Article

Cars Beyond Otto’s Internal Combustion Engines

A K Shukla

pp 63-67 November 2001 General Article

Eco-Friendly Alternative Refrigeration Systems - Thermoacoustic Refrigeration

S S Verma

pp 68-76 November 2001 General Article

The Photodynamics of Vision

Parminder K Mankoo Harjinder Singh

pp 77-84 November 2001 General Article

The World of Synchrotrons

Sameen Ahmed Khan

pp 85-86 November 2001 Classroom

Logarithm and agM

B Sury

pp 87-88 November 2001 Book Review

Astrology: Believe it or not?

A Sitaram

pp 88-89 November 2001 Book Review

The Lady or the Tiger: A Review

S P Suresh

pp 90-90 November 2001 Information and Announcements

Nobel Prize 2001

pp 91-91 November 2001 Information and Announcements

Summer Research Fellowships – 2002

pp 92-93 November 2001 Information and Announcements

Microscale Experiments in Chemistry: Initiatives in Implementation

pp 93-93 November 2001

Acknowledgements

pp 94-94 November 2001

Solution to Crossword Puzzle

Kanakku Puly

pp 96-96 November 2001 Featured Scientist

Sadi Carnot (1796-1832)