On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Eugene Salamin <gene_salamin@yahoo.com> wrote:
Anyone who refers to Scientific American as "a formerly great magazine" is showing their age. The transition from a great magazine to a piece of trash happened 40-50 years ago. Their current mission is to provide support for one of the factions in the political split that has polarized the science of climatology. Cast aside your emotional attachment to what has become a part of history. Today's internet is far superior to the best that Scientific American ever was.
While that may be true, I learned to program with A.K. Dewdney's "Computer Recreations" articles in the mid 80's on cellular automata, fractals, and such, and eagerly awaited the next issue for that column alone. For a more mature audience, I can highly recommend "American Scientist" as a worthwhile replacement. (For example, here's a recent article on the thermodynamics involved in the origin of life: http://tinyurl.com/ygs9aae). -- Mike Stay - metaweta@gmail.com http://math.ucr.edu/~mike http://reperiendi.wordpress.com