pp 1-1 January 2008 Editorial

Editorial

S Mahadevan

pp 2-3 January 2008 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 4-11 January 2008 Series Article

Snippets of Physics - Potentials of Potatoes: A Surprise in Newtonian Gravity

T Padmanabhan

pp 12-27 January 2008 General Article

David D. Perkins (1919-2007): A Lifetime of Neurospora Genetics

Namboori B Raju

pp 28-34 January 2008 General Article

David D. Perkins: In Memoriam

Ramesh Maheshwari

pp 35-53 January 2008 General Article

Complex Numbers and Plane Geometry

Anant R Shastri

pp 54-80 January 2008 General Article

An Integrated and Open-ended Experiment - Study of Chemical Waves in Time and Space

B M Deb Mainak Sadhukhan Sudarson Sekhar Sinha Sucheta Sengupta Ranjit Biswas

pp 81-87 January 2008 Classroom

Experimental Measurement of Viscosity and Flow Velocity

R Chattopadhyay

pp 88-88 January 2008 Think It Over

How Many Birds are Unwatched

Soubhik Chakraborty

pp 89-98 January 2008 Face to Face

Viewing Life Through Numbers

C Ramakrishnan Sujata Varadarajan

pp 101-101 January 2008 Flowering Trees

Colvillea racemosa

pp 102-102 January 2008 Featured Scientist

David D Perkins (1919-2007)