1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda
   • Sujatha Byravan
   • M. G. Narasimhan

   Departments Pages: 1 - 5

2. Approach to absolute zero

   • R. Srinivasan

   Series Article Pages: 8 - 16

3. The immune system and bodily defence

   • Vineeta Bal
   • Satyajit Rath

   Series Article Pages: 17 - 24

4. Know your personal computer

   • S. K. Ghoshal

   Series Article Pages: 25 - 33

5. The vacillating mathematician

   • K. B. Athreya

   Series Article Pages: 34 - 40

6. A tale of two topologies: Woodward-Hoffmann rules at your fingertips!

   • Subramania Ranganathan

   Series Article Pages: 41 - 51

7. How low can you sink?

   • Vivek S. Borkar

   General Article Pages: 52 - 63

8. Internet and the world wide web

   • Neelima Shrikhande

   General Article Pages: 64 - 74

9. Nature watch

   • Kartik Shanker

   Feature Article Pages: 75 - 82

10. Classroom

    • C. V. Sundaram
    • Vishwambhar Pati

    Departments Pages: 83 - 87

11. Think it over

    • S. Ranganathan

    Departments Pages: 88 - 89

12. The nobel prize in physiology or medicine

    • Satyajit Rath
    • Vineeta Bal

    Research News Pages: 90 - 93

13. Science matters

    • Rohini Godbole

    Book Review Pages: 94 - 95

14. Information and announcements

    • Geetha Iyer
    • Keshav S. Mukunda

    Departments Pages: 96 - 97

15. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 99 - 99

16. Books received

    Departments Pages: 100 - 100