In this issue
p. 0761

Editor's note
p. 0762

Reason and irrationality
p. 0763 | Sharma, Dhirendra

Is organic chemistry undergoing a metamorphosis?
p. 0764 | Ramakrishnan, S.

Biotechnology in insect control
p. 0766 | Ananthakrishnan, T. N.

Profile of a pioneering scientific research institute of India-Indian Association for the Cultivation of science
p. 0769 | Ghatak, U. R.

Regional Resarch Laboratory, Thiruvanthapuram
p. 0774 | Damodaran, A. D.

Research and development expenditure--data collection andrelevant issues
p. 0778 | Rajeswari, A. R.

Cost Reduction through value engineering
p. 0782 | Nair, C. G. Krishnadas

Protection by caffeine aganist oxic radiation damage and chemical carcinogens:Mechanistic considerations
p. 0791 | Kesavan, P. C.

Moleecular electrostatics of [V₁₀SO₂₈]^6- cluster: a graphics visualization study using PARAM
p. 0798 | Gadre, Shridhar R.; Bapat, Sangeeta V.; Taspa, A.; Shirsat, Rajendra N.

Uranium isotopes and radium in the Bhagirathi-Alaknanda river system: Evidence for high uranium mobilization in the Himalaya
p. 0801 | Sarin, M. M.; Krishnaswami, S.; Sharma, K. K.; Trivedi, J. R.

Frequency distribution of seed number per fruit in plants: A consequence of self-organizing process?
p. 0805 | Ganeshaiah, K. N.; Shaanker, R. Uma

Review of book The Human Brain
p. 0805 | Rao, M. R. Raghavendra

Peter Mitchell--a remembrance
p. 0806 | Sitaramam, V.

Pioneer of the institutional history of Indian S and T, an obituary of Baldev Singh by V. Siddhartha
p. 0807 | Siddhartha, V.

Gold :The Indian Scene
p. 0808 | Santosh, M.