NOPR Collection:

Crossword

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Crossword Page(s): 62

Fun Quiz– Fascinating Flowers

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Fun Quiz– Fascinating Flowers Abstract: Page(s): 58-59

V. Radhakrishnan—Scientist Par Excellence

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Title: V. Radhakrishnan—Scientist Par Excellence Authors: Mascarenhas, K. Smiles Abstract: Prof. V. Radhakrishnan, who entered the heavenly abode on the 3rd of March 2011, was fondly known as RAD to all his friends. He was the Director of the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore from 1972 to 1994, and a distinguished astrophysicist in his own right. Page(s): 56-57

A Twist in the Tale

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Title: A Twist in the Tale Authors: Chandra, Prakash Abstract: Any schoolchild will tell you Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. And James Watt the steam engine. And that Priestly discovered Oxygen. But these ‘facts’ belong to a long list of misconceptions that many people – including scientists – have accepted over the years. For Morse never invented the telegraph; he merely got all the necessary information from the American physicist, Joseph Henry, and later denied that Henry had helped him. A good promoter, Morse persuaded the US Congress to build the first telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore in 1844, and thus wriggled his way into the history books! Page(s): 54-55