pp 317-318 April 2012 Editorial

Editorial

G K Ananthasuresh

pp 319-320 April 2012 Article-in-a-Box

Rudolf Diesel - The Rational Inventor of a Heat Engine

Tilottama Shrinivasa

pp 321-321 April 2012 Science Smiles

Science Smiles

Ayan Guha

pp 322-323 April 2012 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

pp 324-329 April 2012 Series Article

Dawn of Science - All was Light - 11

T Padmanabhan

pp 330-346 April 2012 General Article

Eliciting Information on Sensitive Matters Without Inviting Respondents' Ire-Randomized Response Techniques

V R Padmawar

pp 347-364 April 2012 General Article

Do Bacteria Age?-A Contemporary Controversy in Biology

Souvik Bhattacharyya

pp 365-377 April 2012 General Article

The Evolution of Diesel Engines

U Shrinivasa

pp 378-386 April 2012 Classroom

A Train Journey between Two Terminating Stations

S N Maitra

pp 387-392 April 2012 Classroom

Unidirectional Motion of Vehicle on Sinusoidal Path: Can it Cause Illusory Forward and Backward Motion?

Anuj Bhatnagar

pp 393-405 April 2012 Reflections

Darshana Jolts - Electricity: an Underlying Entity in Matter and Life, A Sustaining Principle in Modern Civilization

V V Raman

pp 406-424 April 2012 Classics

Diesel's Rational Heat Motor

Rudolph Diesel

pp 425-425 April 2012 Information and Announcements

Fortieth Refresher Course in Experimental Physics

pp 427-427 April 2012 Flowering Trees

Baccaurea courtallensis

pp 428-428 April 2012 Featured Scientist

Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)