1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes 09 December 2011 Pages: 1003 - 1003

2. Science smiles

   • Ayan Guha

   OriginalPaper 09 December 2011 Pages: 1006 - 1006

3. Ernest Rutherford

   • Gopalpur Nagendrappa

   General / Article 09 December 2011 Pages: 1007 - 1018

4. An experiment that shaped the physics of the century

   • Rohini Godbole

   General / Article 09 December 2011 Pages: 1019 - 1028

5. Where are all the typical numbers — 2

   • B. V. Rao

   General / Article 09 December 2011 Pages: 1029 - 1038

6. Dawn of science

   • T. Padmanabhan

   Series / Article 09 December 2011 Pages: 1039 - 1043

7. A pedagogical study of cooling of a granualar gas

   • Rahul Makhijani
   • Praveen Pathak
   • Vijay A. Singh

   Classroom 09 December 2011 Pages: 1044 - 1052

8. Resonance experiments using AFO instead of tuning fork

   • Deepak H. Gadani

   Classroom 09 December 2011 Pages: 1053 - 1060

9. Darshana jolts

   • V. V. Raman

   Reflections 09 December 2011 Pages: 1061 - 1070

10. Classics

    OriginalPaper 09 December 2011 Pages: 1071 - 1091

11. Letters exchanged between Bohr and Rutherford

    Classics 09 December 2011 Pages: 1092 - 1097

12. Experiments for tomorrow — XXXV Refresher Course in Experimental Physics 15 February to 1 March 2012

    • N. Mukunda

    Information and Announcements 09 December 2011 Pages: 1098 - 1102

13. Our readers write …

    • S. K. Muthu

    OriginalPaper 09 December 2011 Pages: 1103 - 1103