1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda

   Departments Pages: 1 - 3

2. Leonhard Euler (1707–1783)

   • C. S. Yogananda

   Departments Pages: 4 - 4

3. Science smiles

   • R. K. Laxman

   Departments Pages: 5 - 5

4. Whatcan the answer be?

   • V. Balakrishnan

   Series Article Pages: 8 - 14

5. Know your personal computer

   • S. K. Ghoshal

   Series Article Pages: 15 - 22

6. Use of isotopes for studying reaction mechanisms

   • Uday Maitra
   • J. Chandrasekhar

   Series Article Pages: 23 - 28

7. Nilakantha, Euler and π

   • Shailesh A. Shirali

   General Article Pages: 29 - 43

8. What is a gene?

   • S. C. Lakhotia

   General Article Pages: 44 - 53

9. Nature watch

   • Kartik Shanker

   Feature Article Pages: 54 - 59

10. What’s new in computers

    • V. Rajaraman

    Feature Article Pages: 60 - 68

11. Molecule of the month

    • Photon Rao

    Feature Article Pages: 69 - 72

12. Is heaven a pleasant place?

    • G. S. Ranganath

    Departments Pages: 73 - 75

13. Buffon’s needle problem

    • Bikramjit Banerjee

    Departments Pages: 76 - 76

14. Some unsolved problems in number theory

    • K. Ramachandra

    Research News Pages: 77 - 80

15. Book review

    • Ravindra E. Amritkar
    • Uday Maitra
    • Arun M. Vaidya

    BookReview Pages: 81 - 87

16. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 88 - 88

17. Errata

    • Vani Brahmachari

    Erratum Pages: 88 - 88