1. Editorial

   • Vijay Chandru
   • Biman Nath

   Departments Pages: 1 - 3

2. Numeracy for everyone

   • Anil P. Gore
   • S. A. Paranjpe

   Series Article Pages: 6 - 17

3. Electronic commerce

   • V. Rajaraman

   Series Article Pages: 18 - 27

4. Einstein as armchair detective: The case of stimulated radiation

   • Vasant Natarajan

   General Article Pages: 28 - 42

5. Global warming: A myth?

   • Deepanjan Majumdar

   General Article Pages: 43 - 52

6. Symmetry in the world of man and nature

   • Shailesh A. Shirali

   General Article Pages: 53 - 59

7. Voice-band modem: A device to transmit data over telephone networks

   • V. Umapathi Reddy

   General Article Pages: 60 - 70

8. Crowns and crypts

   • Debasis Bandyopadhyay

   General Article Pages: 71 - 79

9. Think it over

   • S. Ravi

   Departments Pages: 80 - 81

10. Honeybees use a ‘Speedometer’ to Navigate Successfully

    • Moushumi Sen Sarma

    Research News Pages: 82 - 86

11. Learning from a sea snail: Eric kandel

    • Rohini Balakrishnan

    Research News Pages: 86 - 90

12. A course in number theory and cryptology

    • Rajat Tandon

    Book Review Pages: 91 - 94

13. Refresher course in experimental physics

    Information and Announcements Pages: cov3 - cov3