Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Atomic Economics, Hammondsport Flight Test and Exactitude and Fashion

Articles from past issues of Scientific American

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Gone Fission, Wilbur on Flying and Cold Steam

Articles from past issues of Scientific American

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: White Flight, Hypnotic Snakes and Treasure Ship

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Crick's Progress, Flight Incentive and Flame Tamer

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Accident Epidemiolog, An Unsinkable Ship and Truth Serum

A Century of Einstein

Scientific American has covered Einstein's theories--and the refinements and reactions to them--ever since scientists began to grasp the import of his landmark 1905 papers. Read on for a sampling of our reports, some by leading physicists of their times...

The Equivocal Success of the Wright Brothers: Myths about the Wright Brothers

50 Years Ago: Dyson on Detecting Alien Life

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Great Inventions from 1864 [Slide Show]

A brief look at some good ideas (and some not so good) from the Scientific American Archives of 150 years ago