Popular Science Frees Its 137-Year Archives

Posted by kdawson on Saturday March 6, 2010 @09:49AM from the whole-lotta-rocket-ships dept.

DesScorp writes "Popular Science magazine has scanned every issue they've ever produced, and posted the archives at their website, at no charge. 'We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.'" First search: the history of the flying car.

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Re:Sudden outbreak of common sense by maxume · 2010-03-06 10:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

It is popular media, not organized science.

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Breakthroughs by MartinSchou · 2010-03-06 11:04 · Score: 5, Informative

Relativity: June, 1914, page 434
Quantum mechanics: February 1927, page 22
Atomic bomb: October 1945, page 80
Integrated circuits: September 1966, page 96