21-611: Science Illustrated is a multilingual popular science magazine published by the Swedish publisher Bonnier Publications International A/S. Science Illustrated was launched simultaneously in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1984. The Finnish version was started in Helsinki , Finland in 1986. The Norwegian version is based in Oslo . According to official websites, the magazine – with
42-515: A letter to philosopher William Whewell , he wrote that the general public needed "digests of what is actually known in each particular branch of science... to give a connected view of what has been done, and what remains to be accomplished." Indeed, as the British population became not just increasingly literate but also well-educated, there was growing demand for science titles. Mary Somerville became an early and highly successful science writer of
63-582: A list of authors including Isaac D'Israeli and published the English Review . John Murray the elder was one of the founding sponsors of the London evening newspaper The Star in 1788. He was succeeded by his son John Murray II , who made the publishing house important and influential. He was a friend of many leading writers of the day and launched the Quarterly Review in 1809. He
84-538: A total circulation of 370,000 copies – is the biggest in the Nordic countries with a focus on nature, technology, medicine and culture. Popular science Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci ) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience . While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written by professional science journalists or by scientists themselves. It
105-636: Is a Scottish publisher, known for the authors it has published in its long history including Jane Austen , Arthur Conan Doyle , Lord Byron , Charles Lyell , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Herman Melville , Edward Whymper , Thomas Robert Malthus , David Ricardo , and Charles Darwin . Since 2004, it has been owned by conglomerate Lagardère under the Hachette UK brand. The business was founded in London , England, in 1768 by John Murray (1737–1793), an Edinburgh -born Royal Marines officer, who built up
126-419: Is presented in many forms, including books, film and television documentaries, magazine articles, and web pages. Before the modern specialization and professionalization of science, there was often little distinction between "science" and "popular science", and works intended to share scientific knowledge with a general reader existed as far back as Greek and Roman antiquity. Without these popular works, much of
147-576: The Wisdom of the East book series. Competitor Smith, Elder & Co. was acquired in 1917. His son Sir John Murray V (1884–1967), grandson John Murray VI (John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray, known as Jock Murray ; 1909–1993) and great-grandson John Murray VII (John Richmond Grey Murray; 1941–) continued the business until it was taken over. In 2002, John Murray was acquired by Hodder Headline , which
168-656: The 1845 second edition of Darwin's Journal of Researches from his travels on HMS Beagle . John Murray III also started the Murray Handbooks in 1836, a series of travel guides from which modern-day guides are directly descended. The rights to these guides were sold around 1900 and subsequently acquired in 1915 by the Blue Guides . His successor Sir John Murray IV (1851–1928) was publisher to Queen Victoria . Among other works, he published Murray's Magazine from 1887 until 1891. From 1904, he published
189-497: The Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin . Popular science is a bridge between scientific literature as a professional medium of scientific research, and the realms of popular political and cultural discourse. The goal of the genre is often to capture the methods and accuracy of science while making the language more accessible. Many science-related controversies are discussed in popular science books and publications, such as
210-595: The business and published Charles Eastlake's first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours (1840), David Livingstone 's Missionary Travels (1857), and Charles Darwin 's Origin of Species (1859). Murray III contracted with Herman Melville to publish Melville's first two books, Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847) in England; both books were presented as nonfiction travel narratives in Murray's Home and Colonial Library series, alongside such works as
231-542: The lay audience, and this "handbook" tradition continued right through to the invention of the printing press, with much later examples including books of secrets such as Giambattista Della Porta 's 1558 " Magia Naturalis " and Isabella Cortese 's 1561 " Secreti ". The 17th century saw the beginnings of the modern scientific revolution and the consequent need for explicit popular science writing. Although works such as Galileo 's 1632 " Il Saggiatore " and Robert Hooke 's 1665 " Micrographia " were read by both scientists and
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#1732797787063252-473: The long-running debates over biological determinism and the biological components of intelligence, stirred by popular books such as The Mismeasure of Man and The Bell Curve . The purpose of scientific literature is to inform and persuade peers regarding the validity of observations and conclusions and the forensic efficacy of methods. Popular science attempts to inform and convince scientific outsiders (sometimes along with scientists in other fields) of
273-512: The most notorious acts in the annals of literature. Byron had given him the manuscript of his personal memoirs to publish later on. Together with five of Byron's friends and executors, he decided to destroy Byron's manuscripts because he thought the scandalous details would damage Byron's reputation. With only Thomas Moore objecting, the two volumes of memoirs were dismembered and burnt in the fireplace at Murray's office. It remains unknown what they contained. John Murray III (1808–1892) continued
294-542: The nineteenth century. Her On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834), intended for the mass audience, sold quite well. Arguably one of the first books in modern popular science, it contained few diagrams and very little mathematics. Ten editions of the book were published, and it was translated into multiple languages. It was the most popular science title from the publisher John Murray until On
315-461: The public, Newton's 1687 Principia was incomprehensible for most readers, so popularizations of Newton's ideas soon followed. Popular science writing surged in countries such as France, where books such as Fontenelle 's 1686 Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds were best-sellers. By 1830, astronomer John Herschel had recognized the need for the specific genre of popular science. In
336-645: The results. Statements in the scientific literature are often qualified and tentative, emphasizing that new observations and results are consistent with and similar to established knowledge wherein qualified scientists are assumed to recognize the relevance. By contrast, popular science often emphasizes uniqueness and generality and may have a tone of factual authority absent from the scientific literature. Comparisons between original scientific reports, derivative science journalism, and popular science typically reveals at least some level of distortion and oversimplification . John Murray (publishing house) John Murray
357-553: The scientific knowledge of the era might have been lost. For example, none of the original works of the 4th century BC Greek astronomer Eudoxus have survived, but his contributions were largely preserved due to the didactic poem " Phenomena " written a century later and commented on by Hipparchus . Explaining science in poetic form was not uncommon, and as recently as 1791, Erasmus Darwin wrote The Botanic Garden , two long poems intended to interest and educate readers in botany. Many Greek and Roman scientific handbooks were written for
378-434: The scientific literature. Some usual features of popular science productions include: The purpose of scientific literature is to inform and persuade peers regarding the validity of observations and conclusions and the forensic efficacy of methods. Popular science attempts to inform and convince scientific outsiders (sometimes along with scientists in other fields) of the significance of data and conclusions and to celebrate
399-431: The significance of data and conclusions and to celebrate the results. Statements in the scientific literature are often qualified and tentative, emphasizing that new observations and results are consistent with and similar to established knowledge wherein qualified scientists are assumed to recognize the relevance. By contrast, popular science emphasizes uniqueness and generality, taking a tone of factual authority absent from
420-590: Was itself acquired in 2004 by the French conglomerate Lagardère Group . Since then, it has been an imprint under Lagardère brand Hachette UK . In 2015, business publisher Nicholas Brealey became an imprint of John Murray. The John Murray Archive was offered for sale to the nation by John Murray VII for £31 million and the National Library of Scotland acquired it, including the manuscript of Charles Darwin 's Origin of Species . On 26 January 2005, it
441-794: Was the publisher of Jane Austen , Sir Walter Scott , Washington Irving , George Crabbe , Mary Somerville and many others. Murray's home and office at 50 Albemarle Street in Mayfair was the centre of a literary circle, fostered by Murray's tradition of "four o'clock friends", afternoon tea with his writers. Murray's most notable author was Lord Byron , who became a close friend and correspondent of his. Murray published many of his major works, paying him over £20,000 in rights. On 10 March 1812, Murray published Byron's second book, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , which sold out in five days, leading to Byron's observation: "I awoke one morning and found myself famous." On 17 May 1824, Murray participated in one of
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