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''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American monthly magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, including the American Society of Magazine Editors awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 (for General Excellence) and 2004 (for Best Magazine Section). With roots beginning in 1872, ''PopSci'' has been translated into over 30 languages and is distributed to at least 45 countries. ==Early history== ''The Popular Science Monthly'', as the publication was originally called, 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, Thomas Edison, John Dewey and James McKeen Cattell. William Jay Youmans, Edward's brother, helped found ''Popular Science Monthly'' in 1872 and was an editor as well. He became editor-in-chief on Edward's death in 1887. The publisher, D. Appleton & Company, was forced for economic reasons to sell the journal in 1900. James McKeen Cattell became the editor in 1900 and the publisher in 1901. Cattell had a background in academics and continued publishing articles for educated readers. By 1915 the readership was declining and publishing a science journal was a financial challenge. In a September 1915 editorial, Cattell related these difficulties to his readers and announced that the ''Popular Science Monthly'' name had been "transferred" to a group that wanted the name for a general audience magazine, a publication which fit the name better. The existing journal would continue the academic tradition as ''Scientific Monthly''. Existing subscribers would remain subscribed under the new name. ''Scientific Monthly'' was published until 1958 when it was absorbed into ''Science''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= AAAS and the Maturing of American Science: 1941–1970 )〕 The Modern Publishing Company acquired the ''Popular Science Monthly'' name. This company had purchased ''Electrician and Mechanic'' magazine in 1914 and over the next two years merged several magazines together into a science magazine for a general audience. The magazine had a series of name changes: ''Modern Electrics and Mechanics'', ''Popular Electricity and Modern Mechanics'', ''Modern Mechanics'' and finally ''World's Advance'', before the publishers purchased the name ''Popular Science Monthly''. The October 1915 issue was titled ''Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance''. The volume number (Vol. 87, No. 4) was that of ''Popular Science'' but the content was that of ''World's Advance''. The new editor was Waldemar Kaempffert, a former editor of ''Scientific American''.〔 "The Popular Science Monthly has been bought by the Modern Publishing Company of New York City…"〕〔 The new ''Popular Science Monthly'' is continued from ''World's Advance'', old version in now ''Scientific Monthly''.〕 The change in ''Popular Science Monthly'' was dramatic. The old version was a scholarly journal that had eight to ten articles in a 100-page issue. There would be ten to twenty photographs or illustrations. The new version had hundreds of short, easy to read articles with hundreds of illustrations. Editor Kaempffert was writing for "the home craftsman and hobbyist who wanted to know something about the world of science." The circulation doubled in the first year.〔 Currently (March 2010), the October–December 1915 issues are missing from the Google Books online archive - the only such omission besides the rolling one-year delay in making recent issues available online. From the mid-1930s to the 1960s, the magazine featured fictional stories of Gus Wilson's Model Garage, centered around car problems. An annual review of changes to the new model year cars ran in 1940 and '41, but did not return after the war until 1954. It continued until the mid-1970s when the magazine reverted to publishing the new models over multiple issues as information became available. From 1935 to 1949, the magazine sponsored a series of short films, produced by Jerry Fairbanks and released by Paramount Pictures. From July 1952 to December 1989, ''Popular Science'' carried Roy Doty's Wordless Workshop as a regular feature. From July 1969 to May 1989, the cover and table of contents carried the subtitle, "The What's New Magazine." The cover removed the subtitle the following month and the contents page removed it in February 1990. In 1983, the magazine introduced a new logo using the ITC Avant Garde font, which it used until late 1995. Within the next 11 years, its font changed 4 times (in 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2002, respectively). In 2006, the magazine used a new font for its logo, which was used until the January 2014 issue. In 2014, ''Popular Science'' sported a new look and introduced a new logo for the first time in 8 years, complete with a major overhaul of its articles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Popular Science」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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