For a discussion of the cover art of Scientific American from the first edition in 1845 until the present day see the main article.

Gallery

Many, but not all, of these come from my own collection. The exceptions are mostly the early 1950's which came from other sources. You can click the image for a large version of the cover. Note: some are up to 500K each.

1950s (a selection of odd volumes)

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Sep 1952

Oct 1952
Oct 1952

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1960

My collection is mostly complete from 1960 to 2005. Ask if you want one that is not displayed.

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1964

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1967

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1969

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1972

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1974

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1991

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Feb 1991