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His first popular science book, From Stars to Stalagmites, was a Scientific American book club choice. He has been a regular contributor to 3 Quarks Daily , and his writing has appeared in The Conversation , Scientific American , Newsweek , International Business Times , and Massimo Pigliucci ’s Scientia Salon .
The Scientific American Library is a book series of popular science written by scientists known for their popular writings and originally published by Scientific American books from 1983 to 1997. These books were not sold in retail stores, but as a Book of the Month Club selection priced from $24.95 to $32.95. [1] Books include:
Sidney Perkowitz's science books for popular audiences have generally been well received by critics in national publications. The Scientific American Book Club reviewer wrote that Slow Light “Shines with insights from the cutting edge of physics.” [36] David Schneider of the American Scientist called Hollywood Science “Great fun.
From 1983 to 1997, Scientific American has produced an encyclopedia set of volumes from their publishing division, the Scientific American Library. These books were not sold in retail stores, but as a Book of the Month Club selection priced from $24.95 to $32.95.
Over a period of 24 years (January 1957 – December 1980), Martin Gardner wrote 288 consecutive monthly "Mathematical Games" columns for Scientific American magazine. During the next 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 years, until June 1986, Gardner wrote 9 more columns, bringing his total to 297. During this period other authors wrote most of the columns.
It simply means that Scientific American needs to get back to its roots—explaining the universe's wonders to its readers, not lecturing them about how society should be ordered or distorting ...
The book club was initially only for 3 year olds but due to high demand, the club expanded to include children from birth to 5 in 2020. The program has distributed more than 1.6 million free books.
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton.