pp 1-1 April 2005 Editorial

Editorial

Jaywant H Arakeri

pp 2-3 April 2005 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 4-9 April 2005 General Article

The Largest and Oldest Living Organism

Ramesh Maheshwari

pp 10-21 April 2005 General Article

Of Connections and Fields – I-Chern’s Mathematical Ideas in Physics

Joseph Samuel

pp 22-31 April 2005 General Article

Chern and Total Curvature

Siddhartha Gadgil

pp 32-50 April 2005 General Article

The Special Theory of Relativity

Vasant Natarajan Diptiman Sen

pp 51-64 April 2005 General Article

Mathematics in Engineering – Part I

Anindya Chatterjeej

pp 65-74 April 2005 Classroom

An Appreciation of Free Radical Chemistry – 3. Free Radicals in Diseases and Health

G Nagendrappa

pp 75-82 April 2005 Classroom

The Mechanical Black Box – A Challenge from the 35th International Physics Olympiad

Vijay A Singh Rajesh B Khaparde S R Pathare

pp 83-86 April 2005 Classroom

Learning Earthquake Design and Construction - 17. How do Earthquakes Affect Reinforced Concrete Buildings?

C V R Murty

pp 87-90 April 2005 Classroom

Learning Earthquake Design and Construction - 18. How do Beams in RC Buildings Resist Earthquakes?

C V R Murty

pp 91-91 April 2005 Information and Announcements

Refresher Course in Earth System Science

pp 93-93 April 2005 Flowering Trees

Terminalia arjuna

pp 94-94 April 2005 Featured Scientist

Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004)