1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes 29 October 2008 Pages: 701 - 701

2. Joshua lederberg — In memoriam

   • S. Mahadevan

   Article-in-a-Box 29 October 2008 Pages: 702 - 703

3. Snippets of physics

   • T. Padmanabhan

   Series | Article 29 October 2008 Pages: 706 - 715

4. Joshua Lederberg’s legacy to bacterial genetics

   • R. Jayaraman

   General | Article 29 October 2008 Pages: 716 - 729

5. Graphenes — Aromatic giants

   • Ivan Gutman
   • Boris Furtula

   General | Article 29 October 2008 Pages: 730 - 737

6. Fermion number fractionization

   • Kumar Rao
   • Narendra Sahu
   • Prasanta K. Panigrahi

   General | Article 29 October 2008 Pages: 738 - 751

7. Fascinating world of shock waves

   • G. Jagadeesh

   General | Article 29 October 2008 Pages: 752 - 767

8. Classroom

   • P. Jayanth Vyasanakere
   • K. Sudeesh

   OriginalPaper 29 October 2008 Pages: 768 - 771

9. A tale of two titans

   • Biman Nath

   Book | Review 29 October 2008 Pages: 772 - 774

10. Lederberg and the ‘Cellularity’ of bacteria

    • Moselio Schaechter

    Reflections 29 October 2008 Pages: 775 - 777

11. The scientific enterprise

    • V. V. Raman

    Reflections 29 October 2008 Pages: 778 - 792

12. Classics

    • S. Mahadevan

    OriginalPaper 29 October 2008 Pages: 793 - 794