pp 1-2 July 2004 Editorial

Editorial

S Mahadevan

pp 3-5 July 2004 Article-in-a-Box

George Gamow – A Biographical Sketch

Biman Nath

pp 6-7 July 2004 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-17 July 2004 General Article

Wave Propagation: Odd is Better, but Three is Best - Propagation in Spaces of Different Dimensions

V Balakrishnan

pp 18-31 July 2004 General Article

Clathrates – An Exploration of the Chemistry of Caged Compounds

Srivathsa Vaidya

pp 32-43 July 2004 General Article

And Gamow said, Let there be a Hot Universe

Somak Raychaudhury

pp 44-49 July 2004 General Article

George Gamow and the Genetic Code

Vidyanand Nanjundiah

pp 50-63 July 2004 General Article

Deer Antlers - Rapid Growing Calcified Tissue

A Rajaram

pp 64-69 July 2004 Feature Article

Propulsion of the Putt-Putt Boat – 2

V Sharadha

pp 70-73 July 2004 Classroom

Power Maps and Commutativity of Groups

Ashok Singh

pp 74-76 July 2004 Classroom

Teaching Chemistry through Riddles

Mala Das Sharma

pp 77-85 July 2004 Classroom

Motion of Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields and Special Theory of Relativity

P Chaitanya Das G Srinivasa Murthy P C Deshmukh K Satish Kumar T A Venkatesh

pp 86-89 July 2004 Book Review

Books by G. Gamow

C S Yogananda

pp 90-92 July 2004 Book Review

The Story of Quantum Theory

Abhijit Saha

pp 92-92 July 2004 Book Review

Inorganic Chemistry

K C Patil

pp 93-100 July 2004 Classics

Galaxies in Flight

George Gamow

pp 101-101 July 2004 Information and Announcements

Referesher Course in Experimental Physics

pp 102-102 July 2004 Information and Announcements

Referesher Course in Plant Genetic Engineering

pp 103-103 July 2004 Information and Announcements

Referesher Course on Animal Behaviour

pp 104-104 July 2004 Flowering Trees

Melia dubia

pp 105-105 July 2004 Featured Scientist

George Gamow (1904-1968)