pp 1-1 June 2003 Editorial

Editorial

M K Chandrashekaran

pp 2-5 June 2003 Article-in-a-Box

Paul J. Flory – The Man Who Laid the Foundations of Modern Polymer Science

Harold A Scheraga

pp 6-7 June 2003 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-16 June 2003 General Article

Woodward’s Synthesis of Vitamin B12

Adil Ghani Khan S V Eswaran

pp 17-23 June 2003 General Article

Chemistry Behind the Life of a Transformer

Rashmi Sanghi

pp 24-33 June 2003 General Article

The Active Lava Flows of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Hetu Sheth

pp 34-43 June 2003 General Article

The Unexpected Appearance of Pi in Diverse Problems

Rajendra Bhatia

pp 44-55 June 2003 General Article

Acoustic Communication in Birds - Differences in Songs and Calls, their Production and Biological Significance

Anil Kumar

pp 56-71 June 2003 General Article

Optical Computing - Optical Components and Storage Systems

Debabrata Goswami

pp 72-79 June 2003 Classroom

On GCD and LCM in Domains – A Conjecture of Gauss

Dinesh Khurana

pp 80-81 June 2003 Book Review

Himalaya: Emergence and Evolution

Rasoul Sorkhabi

pp 82-90 June 2003 Classics

Spatial Configuration of Macromolecular Chains

Paul J Flory

pp 91-91 June 2003 Information and Announcements

Refresher Course in Experimental Physics

pp 92-92 June 2003 Information and Announcements

Refresher Course on Physics of the Atmosphere and the Ocean

pp 95-95 June 2003 Flowering Trees

Phoenix sylvestris Roxb. of palmaceae

pp 96-96 June 2003 Featured Scientist

Paul J Flory (1910-1985)