1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes 25 December 2009 Pages: 931 - 931

2. Snippets of physics

   • T. Padmanabhan

   Series / Article 25 December 2009 Pages: 934 - 943

3. Eugene Paul Wigner — A tribute

   • N. Mukunda

   General / Article 25 December 2009 Pages: 944 - 969

4. Wigner’s semicircle law and free independence

   • B. V. Rajarama Bhat

   General / Article 25 December 2009 Pages: 970 - 977

5. Why does the grasshopper not eat spinach

   • S. V. Eswaran

   General / Article 25 December 2009 Pages: 978 - 984

6. The biggest explosions in the universe

   • Biman Nath

   General / Article 25 December 2009 Pages: 985 - 995

7. An easily constructed monochromator

   • M. Farooq Wahab

   Classroom 25 December 2009 Pages: 996 - 1002

8. Turning a new leaf

   • H. Y. Mohan Ram
   • Sujata Varadarajan

   Face to Face 25 December 2009 Pages: 1003 - 1017

9. The limits of science

   • E. P. Wigner

   Classics 25 December 2009 Pages: 1018 - 1027