Scientific American Library

The Scientific American Library is a book series of popular science written by scientists known for their popular writings and originally published by Scientific American books from 1983 to 1997. These books were not sold in retail stores, but as a Book of the Month Club selection priced from $24.95 to $32.95.[1]

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  1. ^ "FSG, 'Scientific American' Roll Out New Imprint". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  2. ^ Maione, Ian (September–October 1999). "The Honey Bee: By James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould. Scientific American Library, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-7167-6010-X. 239 pp. Paperback". Skeptical Inquirer. Vol. 23, no. 5. p. 52. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  3. ^ Marshall, Adrian G. (August 1993). "J. Terborgh 1992. Diversity and the tropical rain forest. Scientific American Library, W. H. Freeman, New York, xii + 242 pages. ISBN 140-3213-5026-0, (Hardback). - O. T. Solbrig, H. M. Van Emden & P. G. W. J. Van Oordt (Eds). 1992. Biodiversity and global change. Monograph No. 8, International Union of Biological Sciences, Paris, iv + 224 pages. ISBN 92-9046-0799, (Paperback). - V. Shiva et al.1991. Biodiversity: Social and ecological perspectives. World Rainforest Movement, Penang and Zed Books, London. 123 pages. Hardback: ISBN 1-85649-053-X; paperback: 1-85649-054-8". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 9 (3): 385–386. doi:10.1017/S0266467400007458.
  4. ^ "Stars, by James B. Kaler, (Scientific American Library, 1992), ISBN 0-7167-5033-3, 273 pages, hardcover, $24.95". Astronomy. Vol. 21, no. 6. June 1993. p. 93. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  5. ^ Pemberton, Heather (November 1993). "Exploring Planetary Worlds". CD-ROM Professional. Vol. 6, no. 6. Information Today. p. 221. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  6. ^ "Exploring Planetary Worlds: David Morrison, (Scientific American Library, 1993), ISBN 0-7167-5043-0, 238 pages, hardcover, $24.95". Astronomy. Vol. 22, no. 2. February 1994. p. 94. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  7. ^ Van Volkenburgh, Elizabeth (January 1996). "Life Processes of Plants". BioScience. 46 (1). Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  8. ^ Rial, J.A. (July–August 1995). "'The gate and the key of the sciences': Mathematics: The Science of Patterns. Keith Devlin. 215 pp. Scientific American Library, 1994. $32.95". American Scientist. Vol. 83, no. 4. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  9. ^ "A Short History of the Universe". Astronomy. Vol. 23, no. 4. April 1995. p. 96. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  10. ^ Van Epen, Karen (Winter 1995). "The Emergence of Agriculture: Bruce D. Smith. Scientific American Library, 1994; 231 pp. ISBN 0-7167-5055-4. $32.95 ($35.95 postpaid)". Whole Earth Review. No. 88. p. 55. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  11. ^ Saterson, Kathryn A. (July 1998). "Conservation and Biodiversity: Andrew P. Dobson. Scientific American Library, New York, 1996. 264 pp., illus. $32.95 (ISBN 0-7167-5057-0 cloth)". BioScience. 48 (7). Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  12. ^ Kreyche, Gerald F. (May 1999). "Evolving Brains by John Morgan Allman / Scientific American Library, 1999, pp. 224, $34.95". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
  13. ^ Sejnowski, Terrence J. (1999-02-19). "Evolving Brains by John Morgan Allman Scientific American Library, New York, 1999. 238 pp. $34.95. ISBN 0-7167-5076-7". Science. 283 (5405): 1121. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15 – via Gale.
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