1. Editorial

   • V. Rajaraman
   • Animesh Chakravorty

   Departments Pages: 1 - 3

2. Evolution of the atmosphere and oceans: Evidence from geological records

   • P. V. Sukumaran

   Series Article Pages: 6 - 14

3. Numeracy for everyone

   • Anil P. Gore
   • S. A. Paranjpe

   Series Article Pages: 15 - 25

4. Chaotic dynamics on the real line

   • S. Natarajan

   General Article Pages: 26 - 35

5. Some aspects of fixed point theory

   • P. V. Subrahmanyam

   General Article Pages: 36 - 44

6. What are objects?

   • H. N. Mahabala

   General Article Pages: 45 - 54

7. Reliability — How to quantify and improve?

   • N. K. Srinivasan

   General Article Pages: 55 - 63

8. Fulfilling Mendeleev’s dream

   • A. G. Samuelson

   General Article Pages: 64 - 66

9. Glenn Seaborg 1912–1999

   • Gregory J. Butera

   General Article Pages: 67 - 73

10. International Physics Olympiad ’98 eddy curents, flux linkages

    • Saikat Guha

    Departments Pages: 74 - 86

11. When are the roots of a cubic real?

    • J. Makesh Pravin

    Departments Pages: 86 - 89

12. Think It Over

    • Shailesh Shirali

    Departments Pages: 90 - 90

13. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1999

    • Utpal Tatu

    Research News Pages: 91 - 94

14. Bohrium — A new element in the periodic table

    • Srinivasan Natarajan

    Research News Pages: 95 - 100

15. Book review

    • A. K. Vijayakumar
    • Harini Nagendra

    BookReview Pages: 101 - 103

16. Mendeleev’s Faraday Lecture

    Departments Pages: 104 - 108