Popular Science
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 June 1915 edition of Popular Science |
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| Editor | Mark Jannot |
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| Categories | Interdisciplinary |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Bonnier Corporation (2007 - ) see text |
| First issue | 1872 |
| Country | USA |
| Website | http://www.popsci.com/ |
| ISSN | 0161-7370 |
- For the 1935-1949 film series, see Popular Science (film).
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 (for General Excellence) and 2004 (for Best Magazine Section). PopSci has been translated into over 30 languages and goes out to at least 45 countries[citation needed].
From 1935 to 1949, the magazine sponsored a series of short films, produced by Jerry Fairbanks and released by Paramount Pictures. On January 25, 2007, Time Warner sold this magazine, along with 17 other special interest magazines, to Bonnier Magazine Group.[1] On September 24, 2008, Australian publishing company Australian Media Properties (part of the WW Media Group) launched a local version of Popular Science. It is a monthly magazine, like its American counterpart, and uses content from the American version of the magazine as well as local material.[2] Australian Media Properties also launched http://www.popsci.com.au/ at the same time, a localised version of the Popular Science website.
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[edit] Early History
Popular Science Monthly was founded in May 1872 by Edward L. Youmans to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. Youmans had previously worked as an editor for the weekly Appleton's Journal and persuaded them to publish his new journal. Early issues were mostly reprints of English periodicals. The journal became an outlet for writings and ideas of Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Louis Pasteur, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, [[Tho
[edit] Publishers
| Dates | Publisher |
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| 1872 – 1900 | D. Appleton & Company |
| 1900 – 1901 | McClure, Philips and Company |
| 1901 – 1915 | Science Press |
| 1915 – 1924 | Modern Publishing Company |
| 1924 – 1967 | Popular Science Publishing Company |
| 1967 – 1973 | Popular Science Publishing Company, subsidiary of Times Mirror |
| 1973 – 2000 | Times Mirror Company |
| 2000 – 2007 | Time Inc. |
| 2007 – present | Bonnier Magazine Group |
Sources: American Mass-Market Magazines[3] The Wall Street Journal[4] and New York Post.[5]
[edit] Popular Science Magazine throughout the decades
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 Ship on Stilts Rides Above Waves, January 1936 |
 Fifty Miles Up, May 1946 |
 Cars Without Wheels, July 1959 |
[edit] Popular Science Predictions Exchange
In July 2007, Popular Science launched PPX, the Popular Science Predictions EXchange. Here, people could place virtual bets as to what the next innovations in technology, the environment and science would be. The system of the PPX is based on the ability of wagers to predict the future. Bets include whether Facebook would have an initial public offering by 2008, the launch of a touchscreen iPod and whether China's eco-city, Dongtan would be inhabited by 2010.
[edit] Access to the Popular Science archive via Google Books
As part of the Google Books scanning and archiving agenda, Google has obtained permission to scan the entire history of Popular Science magazine and make it freely available online for anyone to access, although the magazines may not be saved or printed.
For example, the following URL links to the May 1932 issue, with an index of covers below to access any of the other issues: http://books.google.com/books?id=1ScDAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=2_2
[edit] Television-Future Of...
Popular Science's Future Of...[6] show premiered on Monday, August 10, 2009 on the Science Channel. A new episode is premiered every Monday. Each episode is based on a topic and what would come of in the future both near and far. In the advertisement on the Science Channel, it shows the host(Baratunde Thurston) carrying flowers then stopping and looking at a NYC taxi. The taxi then sprouts wings, the host smiles and continues on. Next, the host comes up on a woman walking her dog with a leash. After a change of scene, the dog is sitting in a hovercraft. After that, he sees a man reading a magazine. The scene changes and he is reading a hologram of the magazine. Lastly, he arrives to his apparent wife which, as possibly inferred, is a female robot. The episodes(topics) are as followed in the order they premier: Superhumans, Play, Sex, Pleasure, Combat, Adventure, Security, Immortality, Connecting(Communication), and Habitat.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Bonnier Magazine Group Buys 18 Magazines from Time Inc.
- ^ Popular Science Launches In Australia.
- ^ Nourie, Alan; Barbara Nourie (1990). American Mass-Market Magazines. pp. 398. ISBN 0313252548.
- ^ Rose, Matthew; Nikhil Deogun (October 20, 2000). "Time Warner to Pay $475 Million To Buy Times Mirror Magazines". The Wall Street Journal. http://wap.wsj.com/article/SB971994073376548863.html?mod=Media-Marketing.
- ^ Kelly, Keith J. (January 25, 2007). "Time Warner Sells Mags Under $300m". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01252007/business/time_warner_sells_mags_under_300m_business_keith_j__kelly.htm.
- ^ http://www.popsci.com/announcements/article/2009-08/popscis-future-science-channel
- ^ http://www.sciencechannel.com/popsci
[edit] External links
- Popular Science
- Popular Science Australia
- Popular Science Magazine: 1872-2008 Online, readable back issues.
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