Editing Scientific American (section)

== Books ==
{{Main|Scientific American Library}}
[[File:"SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT No. 1100 January 30, 1897" from- Canet naval guns for the Greek ironclads (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Scientific American Supplement No. 1100 January 30, 1897, featuring [[Canet gun|Canet naval guns]] for the Greek ironclads]]

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 cognition|Animal Mind]]; Atmosphere, Climate, and Change; Beyond 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 the Transformation of Science.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scientific American Library |url=https://www.librarything.com/nseries/5975/Scientific-American-Library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807011457/https://www.librarything.com/nseries/5975/Scientific-American-Library |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2016 |publisher=[[LibraryThing]]}}</ref>

''Scientific American'' launched a publishing imprint in 2010 in partnership with [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=FSG, 'Scientific American' Roll Out New Imprint |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/52025-fsg-scientific-american-roll-out-new-imprint.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210072452/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/52025-fsg-scientific-american-roll-out-new-imprint.html |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref>

* {{Cite book |last=DiChristina |first=Mariette |title=Scientific American – The Science Behind the Debates. Special Collector's Edition. Winter 2017/2018 |publisher=Scientific American |year=2017}} A "collection of updated or adapted ''Scientific American'' articles and shorter pieces... ." According to editor Andrea Gawrylewski 'The reader will quickly notice a common theme. ... there really is no debate where the science is concerned{{'"}}. Contributors include [[Seth Shostak]], [[Paul Offit]], [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[Harriet A. Hall|Harriet Hall]].<ref name="SI 2018">{{Cite journal |date=2018 |title=New and Notable |journal=Skeptical Inquirer |volume=42 |issue=3 |page=61}}</ref>