pp 1-1 April 2002 Editorial

Editorial

Amitabh Joshi

pp 2-3 April 2002 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 4-19 April 2002 Series Article

Mathematics in Ancient India - An Overview

Amartya Kumar Dutta

pp 20-26 April 2002 Series Article

Glial Cells: The Other Cells of the Nervous System - Astrocytes – Star Performers in the Neural Tissue

Medha S Rajadhyaksha Daya Manghani

pp 27-38 April 2002 General Article

Bayesian Statistics - The Theory of Inverse Probability

Mohan Delampady T Krishnan

pp 39-47 April 2002 General Article

Fractals and the Large-Scale Structure in the Universe - Is the Cosmological Principle Valid?

A K Mittal T R Seshadri

pp 48-59 April 2002 General Article

Aerosols and Climate

S K Satheesh

pp 60-66 April 2002 General Article

Operating Systems - Functions, Protection and Security Mechanisms

M Suresh Babu

pp 67-81 April 2002 General Article

Existence of a New Force in Colloidal Systems – Hydrophobic Attraction Between Macroscopic Surfaces

B Sudhir Sanjeev Kumar

pp 82-89 April 2002 General Article

S S Bhatnagar: Life and Times

Rajesh Kochhar

pp 90-97 April 2002 General Article

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar – A Visionary Extraordinary

S Sivaram

pp 97-97 April 2002 Information and Announcements

Refresher Couse in Experimental Physics at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

pp 98-98 April 2002 Classics

Introduction

S Sivaram

pp 99-104 April 2002 Classics

Universities and National Laboratories

S S Bhatnagar

pp 106-106 April 2002 Featured Scientist

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (1894-1955)