Scientific American

American monthly science magazine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Prize-winners being featured since its inception.[2] In print since 1845, it is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. Scientific American is owned by Springer Nature, which in turn is a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.

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Scientific American
A magazine cover depicting a photorealistic view of the Earth, inserted into a melted ice cube, with the magazines masthead at top and a headline between the masthead and the Earth reading "Did Humans Stop an ICE AGE?" Beneath the headline in smaller type is the subheading "8,000 years of global warming"
Cover of the 1905 issue
DisciplinePopular science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byLaura Helmuth
Publication details
HistorySince August 28, 1845; 178 years ago (1845-08-28)
Publisher
Springer Nature (United States)
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
2.142 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Sci. Am.
Indexing
ISSN0036-8733
LCCNsf92091111
OCLC no.796985030
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"Men of Progress", published by the magazine in 1862, showing American inventors such as Samuel Morse, Samuel Colt, Cyrus McCormick, Charles Goodyear, Peter Cooper, and others[1]
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Scientific American Office, New York, 37 Park Row, 1859

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