Science Reporter - August 2016 (gnv64)

Science Reporter - August 2016
NISCAIR | ISSN: 0036-8512 | PDF | 64 pages (with ads) | 13.3 mb
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COVER STORY
Humans should not disregard other organisms co-inhabiting this planet, which is only a pale blue dot on the vast fabric of space. Felix Bast Pg 14
A Pale Blue Dot
ARTICLES
The Black Tiger by shakunt pandey pg 20
Natural Learning for a Knowledge based India by sanjay d. jain & vivek m. nanoti pg 23
A Theorem, A President & A Scientist by bhupati chakrabarti pg 29
Drosera in Danger by dipanjan ghosh & sreeparna ghosh pg 34
Taking Decisions the Fuzzy Way! by atish mozumder pg 39
Omnipresent Mathematics by m.p. ramachandran pg 43
Healthy Barley by vikender kaur pg 46
IN CONVERSATION
Interview with Dr. Anil Kakodkar Pg 48
DEPARTMENTS
REACTIONS.....................................8
EDITORIAL.......................................9
SPECTRUM....................................10
PUZZLE CORNER........................... 52
INFOGRAPHICS............................. 54
WHAT'S NEW.................................56
SCIPICS ..........................................57
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE................58
FUN QUIZ......................................60
CROSSWORD.................................63