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39-579: The Old Corner Bookstore was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. This building is currently under consideration for Boston Landmark status by the Boston Landmarks Commission . The site, situated on what was then part of Cornhill, was formerly the home of Anne Hutchinson , who was expelled from Massachusetts in 1638 for heresy . Thomas Crease purchased the home in 1708, though it burned down in

78-484: A bookstore dates to 1828, when Timothy Harrington Carter leased the space, whose address had now changed to 135 Washington Street, from a man named George Brimmer. Carter spent $ 7,000 renovating the building's commercial space, including the addition of projecting, small-paned windows on the ground floor. From 1832 to 1865, it was home to Ticknor and Fields , a publishing company founded by William Ticknor , later renamed when he partnered with James T. Fields . For part of

117-461: A designated historic structure or place. For a group to start a designation procedure, they first meet with Boston Landmarks Commission staff to discuss the petition process. Once a complete petition is submitted, a preliminary hearing is scheduled to determine if the Commission will accept the petition for further study. If the Commission accepts the petition, the building or site is added to

156-572: A monthly in November 1921. Porter sold the publication to Alfred Ely Beach , son of media magnate Moses Yale Beach , and Orson Desaix Munn , a mere ten months after founding it. Editors and co-owners from the Yale family included Frederick C. Beach and his son, Stanley Yale Beach , and from the Munn family, Charles Allen Munn and his nephew, Orson Desaix Munn II . Until 1948, it remained owned by

195-560: A property is eligible for landmark status based on whether it Once designated, any proposed alterations must be reviewed and approved by the Boston Landmarks Commission . In 2016, a commissioner submitted a petition to the Boston Landmarks Commission to designate the Citgo sign above Kenmore Square , when its support building at 660 Beacon Street was in the process of being sold by Boston University . The petition

234-678: A television program on PBS called Scientific American Frontiers with hosts Woodie Flowers and Alan Alda . 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. Topics covered dozens of areas of scientific knowledge and included in-depth essays on: The Animal Mind ; Atmosphere, Climate, and Change; Beyond

273-515: Is a designation by the Boston Landmarks Commission for historic buildings and sites throughout the city of Boston based on the grounds that it has historical, social, cultural, architectural or aesthetic significance to New England or the United States. While National Landmark or National Register status can provide tax incentives for the owner of an income-producing property, local landmark status provides more control over modifications to

312-446: Is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla , have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Prize -winners being featured since its inception. In print since 1845, it is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. Scientific American is owned by Springer Nature , which is a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group . Scientific American

351-652: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Boston Landmark under the auspices of the Boston Landmarks Commission. In recent times, the Old Corner Bookstore's retail space was the original location of the Globe Corner Bookstore (a division of the Old Corner Bookstore, Inc.), which operated there for 16 years from 1982 to 1997 and specialized in travel books and maps. A Boston Globe company store operated in

390-466: The 2020 presidential election , citing Donald Trump 's rejection of scientific evidence, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . In the column reporting the endorsement, the magazine's editors said, " Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly." In September 2024 and for

429-483: The Great Boston Fire on October 2, 1711. Crease constructed a new building on the site in 1718 as a residence and apothecary shop. For generations, various pharmacists used the site for the same purpose: the first floor was for commercial use and the upper floors were residential. In 1817, Dr. Samuel Clarke, father of future minister James Freeman Clarke , bought the building. The building's first use as

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468-475: The universal joint which now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured. Current issues include a "this date in history" section, featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in the history of science and technology. It started as a weekly publication in August 1845 before turning into

507-408: The 19th century, the firm was one of the most important publishing companies in the United States, and the Old Corner Bookstore became a meeting-place for such authors as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Ralph Waldo Emerson , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Charles Dickens , and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Ticknor and Fields rented out the whole building, using only the corner for a retail space. Other sections of

546-583: The December issue of the magazine, as well as on the magazine's web site. In March 1996, Scientific American launched its own website that included articles from current and past issues, online-only features, daily news, special reports, and trivia, among other things. The website introduced a paywall in April 2019, with readers able to view a few articles for free each month. Notable features have included: From 1990 to 2005 Scientific American produced

585-526: The Origin of Species , as well as the Wright Brothers when they were working on their flying machines. The magazine also covered the U.S. through its Sputnik moment with the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, which symbolically started the " Space Age ". In 2013, Danielle N. Lee , a female scientist who blogged at Scientific American , was called a "whore" in an email by an editor at

624-908: The Third Dimension; Cosmic Clouds; Cycles of Life • Civilization and the Biosphere; The Discovery of Subatomic Particles; Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest; Earthquakes and Geological Discovery; Exploring Planetary Worlds; Gravity's Fatal Attraction; Fire; Fossils and the History of Life; From Quarks to the Cosmos; A Guided Tour of the Living Cell; Human Diversity; Perception; The Solar System; Sun and Earth; The Science of Words (Linguistics); The Science of Musical Sound; The Second Law (of Thermodynamics); Stars; Supercomputing and

663-470: The Transformation of Science. Scientific American launched a publishing imprint in 2010 in partnership with Farrar, Straus and Giroux . In April 1950, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ordered Scientific American to cease publication of an issue containing an article by Hans Bethe that appeared to reveal classified information about the thermonuclear hydrogen bomb . Subsequent review of

702-440: The assets of the old Scientific American instead and put its name on the designs they had created for their new magazine. Thus the partners—publisher Gerard Piel , editor Dennis Flanagan, and general manager Donald H. Miller Jr. essentially created a new magazine. Miller retired in 1979, Flanagan and Piel in 1984, when Gerard Piel's son Jonathan became president and editor; circulation had grown fifteen-fold since 1948. In 1986, it

741-503: The building from 1998 through 2002, selling Boston Globe products and tourist memorabilia. A national discount jewelry chain, Ultra Diamonds, occupied the retail space from 2005 until the company's bankruptcy in 2009. Then the space was briefly used as a showroom for crafts created by North Bennet Street School students and faculty. The space now houses a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant and an entertainment space. Notes Further reading Boston Landmark A Boston Landmark

780-420: The building, particularly upstairs rooms and storefronts facing School Street, were in turn sublet to other businesses. After the death of Ticknor, Fields wanted to focus on publishing rather than the retail store. On November 12, 1864, he sold the Old Corner Bookstore to E. P. Dutton ; Ticknor and Fields moved to Tremont Street. A succession of other publishing houses and booksellers followed Ticknor and Fields in

819-1057: The building. In keeping with its literary past, in the 1890s the shop carried magazines such as: Arena , Argosy , Army and Navy Journal , Art , Art Amateur , The Atlantic , Black Cat , Bookman , Bradley His Book , Catholic World , The Century Magazine , The Chap-Book , The Church , The Churchman , Current Literature , Donahoe's Magazine , Every Month , Forum , Gunton's Magazine , Harpers Bazaar , Harper's Round Table , Harper's Weekly , Home and Country , Judge , Ladies' Home Journal , Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly , Leslie's Weekly , Life , Lippincott's Monthly Magazine , Munsey's Magazine , The Nation , North American Review , Outing , Pocket Magazine , Poet Lore , Public Opinion , Outlook , Puck , Puritan , Red Letter , Review of Reviews , Scientific American , Scribner's Magazine , Shoppell's , St. Nicholas Magazine , Town Talk , Truth , Vogue , What to Eat , Yale Review , and Youth's Companion . The building

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858-402: The ensuing days. The magazine's blog editor, Bora Zivkovic, was the subject of allegations of sexual harassment by another blogger, Monica Byrne. Although the alleged incident had occurred about a year earlier, editor Mariette DiChristina informed readers that the incident had been investigated and resolved to Byrne's satisfaction. However, the incident involving Lee had prompted Byrne to reveal

897-409: The families under Munn & Company . Under Orson Munn's grandson, Orson Desaix Munn III, it had evolved into something of a "workbench" publication, similar to the 20th-century incarnation of Popular Science . In the years after World War II, the magazine fell into decline. In 1948, three partners who were planning on starting a new popular science magazine, to be called The Sciences , purchased

936-478: The identity of Zivkovic, following the latter's support of Lee. Zivkovic admitted the incident with Byrne had taken place. He apologized to Byrne, and referred to the incident as "singular", stating that his behavior was not "engaged in before or since". Zivkovic resigned from the board of Science Online , the popular science blogging conference that he co-founded with Anton Zuiker. Following Zivkovic's admission, several female bloggers, including other bloggers for

975-589: The magazine, wrote their own accounts, alleging additional incidents of sexual harassment, although none of these accounts were independently investigated. A day after these new revelations, Zivkovic resigned from his position at Scientific American . The Scientific American 50 award was started in 2002 to recognize contributions to science and technology during the magazine's previous year. The magazine's 50 awards cover many categories including agriculture, communications, defence, environment, and medical diagnostics. The complete list of each year's winners appear in

1014-538: The material determined that the AEC had overreacted. The incident was important for the "new" Scientific American ' s history, as the AEC's decision to burn 3,000 copies of an early press-run of the magazine containing the offending material appeared to be " book burning in a free society" when publisher Gerard Piel leaked the incident to the press. In the October 2020 issue of the magazine, it endorsed Joe Biden for

1053-535: The pending Landmarks list. Preparation of a study report on the proposed Landmark is the next step. A public hearing process follows to present the draft study report. A 2/3 majority vote of the Commission is necessary for a property to be designated as a Boston Landmark. The decision must then be confirmed by the Mayor of Boston and by the Boston City Council . The Boston Landmarks Commission determines if

1092-481: The publication of the Encyclopedia Americana , which during some of that period was known as The Americana . Some famous individuals who penned articles in the magazine included Albert Einstein , Thomas Edison , Jonas Salk , Marie Curie , Stephen Hawking , Franklin D. Roosevelt , Stephen Jay Gould , Bill Gates , Nikola Tesla , and more. Charles Darwin was featured when he published On

1131-625: The role of editor-in-chief . The magazine is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. In 2009, the publisher notified collegiate libraries that yearly subscription prices for the magazine would increase by nearly 500% for print and 50% for online access to $ 1,500 yearly. Offices of the Scientific American have included 37 Park Row in Manhattan and the Woolworth Building in 1915 when it

1170-425: The science website Biology Online after refusing to write professional content without compensation. When Lee, outraged about the email, wrote a rebuttal on her Scientific American blog, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American , Mariette DiChristina, removed the post. DiChristina cited legal reasons for removing the blog. The editor at Biology Online was fired after the incident. The controversy widened in

1209-413: The worsening of economic conditions. Today, Scientific American publishes 17 foreign-language editions around the globe: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese , Czech , Dutch, French, German, Greek , Hebrew , Italian, Japanese, Korean , Lithuanian (discontinued after 15 issues), Polish , Romanian , and Russian. From 1902 to 1911, Scientific American supervised

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1248-552: Was accepted and the sign is a pending Landmark, with research for the study report underway. Since two unrelated designations in 2016, as of July 2018 no pending landmarks have been approved. A number of sites have remained pending since the 1980s. The 1840 Roswell Gleason house in Dorchester was granted landmark status in 1977. It was destroyed by fire in 1982. Scientific American Scientific American , informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA ,

1287-452: Was founded by inventor and publisher Rufus Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper. The first issue of the large-format New York City newspaper was released on August 28, 1845. Throughout its early years, much emphasis was placed on reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office . It also reported on a broad range of inventions including perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying vessels by Abraham Lincoln , and

1326-537: Was just finished two years earlier in 1913. The Woolworth Building was at the time one of the first skyscrapers in the city and the tallest one in the world. Scientific American published its first foreign edition in 1890, the Spanish-language La America Cientifica . Publication was suspended in 1905, and another 63 years would pass before another foreign-language edition appeared: In 1968, an Italian edition, Le Scienze ,

1365-637: Was launched in the Soviet Union in 1983, and continues in the present-day Russian Federation . Kexue (科学, "Science" in Chinese), a simplified Chinese edition launched in 1979, was the first Western magazine published in the People's Republic of China . Founded in Chongqing , the simplified Chinese magazine was transferred to Beijing in 2001. Later in 2005, a newer edition, Global Science (环球科学),

1404-603: Was launched, and a Japanese edition, Nikkei Science  [ ja ] , followed three years later. A new Spanish edition, Investigación y Ciencia was launched in Spain in 1976, followed by a French edition, Pour la Science  [ fr ] , in France in 1977, and a German edition, Spektrum der Wissenschaft  [ de ] , in Germany in 1978. A Russian edition V Mire Nauki ( Russian : «В мире науки» )

1443-493: Was published instead of Kexue , which shut down due to financial problems. A traditional Chinese edition, known as Scientist  [ zh ] , was introduced to Taiwan in 2002. The Hungarian edition Tudomány existed between 1984 and 1992. In 1986, an Arabic edition, Oloom Magazine  [ ar ] , was published. In 2002, a Portuguese edition was launched in Brazil . The Spanish edition ended in 2023 due to

1482-829: Was sold to the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany, which has owned it until the Springer-Nature merger. In the fall of 2008, Scientific American was put under the control of Holtzbrinck's Nature Publishing Group division. Donald Miller died in December 1998, Gerard Piel in September 2004 and Dennis Flanagan in January 2005. Mariette DiChristina became editor-in-chief after John Rennie stepped down in June 2009, and stepped down herself in September 2019. In April 2020, Laura Helmuth assumed

1521-462: Was threatened with demolition and replacement by a parking garage in 1960 and was "rescued" through a purchase by Historic Boston, Inc. for the sum of $ 100,000. Historic Boston is a not-for-profit preservation and real estate organization that rehabilitates historic and culturally significant properties in Boston's neighborhoods so that they are a usable part of the city's present and future. The building

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