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Scientific American (informally
abbreviated SciAm) is a popular science magazine. It is
notable for its long history of presenting science monthly
to an educated but not necessarily scientific public,
through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as
well as the quality of its specially commissioned color
graphics. Many famous scientists, including Einstein, have
contributed articles in the past 167 years. It is the oldest
continuously published monthly magazine in America.
Scientific American was founded by inventor and publisher
Rufus M. Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper.
Throughout its early years, much emphasis was placed on
reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office. It
also reported on a broad range of inventions including
perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying
vessels by Abraham Lincoln, and the universal joint which
now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured.
Current issues include a "this date in history" section,
featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50,
100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous
incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in
the history of science and technology.
This collection on 8 DVD's
contains all 3,721 issues in our
collection, all in PDF format.
Please note that this collection contains scans of old magazines and
publications, some
of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for
posterity. This means that you may see some pages with creases
and tears that show up in the scans. If a particular issue is
important to you, please study the full publications list. Only the issues listed
on each DVD's listing are included.
For a complete list of issues on each DVD, please view each
DVD in our store!
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