pp 1-1 January 2003 Editorial

Editorial

Biman Nath

pp 2-3 January 2003 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 4-14 January 2003 General Article

On the Glitter of a Meteor

Smart Kundassery

pp 15-29 January 2003 General Article

Dust in Space

Biman Nath

pp 30-40 January 2003 General Article

Babylonian Pythagoras’ Theorem, the Early History of Zero and a Polemic on the Study of the History of Science

Rahul Roy

pp 41-50 January 2003 General Article

S Minakshisundaram: A Glimpse into his Life and Work

S Thangavelu

pp 51-58 January 2003 General Article

Lichens: A Valuable Bioresource for Environmental Monitoring and Sustainable Development

Hans Raj Negi

pp 59-71 January 2003 General Article

The Rijke Tube – A Thermo-acoustic Device

Shekhar M Sarpotdar N Ananthkrishnan S D Sharma

pp 72-76 January 2003 General Article

Role of Wind Tunnels in Aircraft Design

S P Govinda Raju

pp 77-83 January 2003 General Article

Century of Nobel Prizes: 1909 Chemistry Laureate - Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932)

Shridhar R Gadre

pp 84-88 January 2003 Classroom

A Number-theoretic Game

Prithvi Ramesh

pp 89-91 January 2003 Research News

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 for the Observation of Cosmic Neutrinos

B Ananthanarayan

pp 92-94 January 2003 Research News

Nobel Prize in Physics 2002: Riccardo Giaconni

Biman Nath

pp 95-95 January 2003 Information and Announcements

Summer Programme for Students & Teachers, PRL, Ahmedabad

pp 96-96 January 2003 Books Received

Books Received

pp 97-97 January 2003 Flowering Trees

Feronialimonia(L.) Swingle

pp 98-98 January 2003 Featured Scientist

S Minakshisundaram (1913-1968)