pp 1-1 July 2003 Editorial

Editorial

M K Chandrashekaran

pp 2-5 July 2003 Article-in-a-Box

Jacques Monod

S Mahadevan

pp 6-7 July 2003 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-21 July 2003 General Article

Optical Computing - Research Trends

Debabrata Goswami

pp 22-32 July 2003 General Article

Breeding Ecology of Birds - Why do Some Species Nest Singly While Others are Colonial?

Abdul Jamil Urfi

pp 33-45 July 2003 General Article

Noise Assisted Directed Motion at the Molecular Level – 1

Mangal C Mahato A M Jayannavar

pp 46-53 July 2003 General Article

Chelates for Micronutrient Nutrition among Crops

B S Sekhon

pp 54-62 July 2003 General Article

Bernoulli Numbers and the Riemann Zeta Function

B Sury

pp 63-75 July 2003 General Article

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods - The Markov Chain Case

K B Athreya Mohan Delampady T Krishnan

pp 76-84 July 2003 Classroom

Simple, Concept-Centred, Innovative, Open-Ended Experiments in Physics – 1

A W Joshi Vijay H Raybagkar F I Surve

pp 85-104 July 2003 Classics

From Enzymatic Adaptation to Allosteric Transitions

Jacques Monod

pp 105-106 July 2003 Information and Announcements

Refresher Course on Earth Sciences

pp 106-106 July 2003 Information and Announcements

School on Mathematical/Numerical Modelling in Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences

pp 109-109 July 2003 Flowering Trees

Syzygium cumini (L.)

pp 110-110 July 2003 Featured Scientist

Jacques Monod (1910-1976)