pp 1-2 January 2009 Editorial

Editorial

S Mahadevan

pp 3-5 January 2009 Article-in-a-Box

Sir James Lighthill

Renuka Ravindran

pp 6-7 January 2009 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 8-18 January 2009 Series Article

Snippets of Physics - The Optics of Particles

T Padmanabhan

pp 19-31 January 2009 Series Article

Aerobasics – An Introduction to Aeronautics - Aerodynamic Forces on Simple Bodies

S P Govinda Raju

pp 32-46 January 2009 General Article

Fluid Mechanics of Fish Swimming - Lift-based Propulsion

Jaywant H Arakeri

pp 47-59 January 2009 General Article

Lighthill and his Art of Mathematical Modelling

Renuka Ravindran

pp 60-65 January 2009 General Article

Life without Water

M K Chattopadhyay

pp 66-79 January 2009 General Article

Mathematics of Risk Taking

K B Athreya M G Nadkarni

pp 80-89 January 2009 Feature Article

Electrical Rectification - A Tale of Two Isomers

Sudipta Dutta Swapan K Pati

pp 90-98 January 2009 Reflections

The Scientific Enterprise - Some Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge

V V Raman

pp 99-99 January 2009 Flowering Trees

Eriobotrya japonica

pp 100-100 January 2009 Featured Scientist

Sir James Lighthill (1924-1998)