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'''Scientific American''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science popular science] magazine, founded by inventor and publisher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Porter Rufus Porter] in 1845 as a four page weekly newspaper. Since 2009, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariette_DiChristina Mariette DiChristina] is the eighth editor-in-chief. [[Martin Gardner]] was author of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Martin_Gardner_Mathematical_Games_columns Mathematical Games column] from 1956 to 1981 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner Martin Gardner from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://www.dialectrix.com/MG.html Index to Mathematical Games]</ref>. Occasionally, Scientific American had notable articles on [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] and computer chess topics.
=Selected Authors=
* [[Thomas Anantharaman]]
* [[Hans Berliner]]
* [[Alex Bernstein]]
* [[Murray Campbell]]
* [[Frederic Roy Carlson]]
* [[Martin Gardner]]
* [[Feng-hsiung Hsu]]
* [[Andreas Nowatzyk]]
* [[Simon Portegies Zwart]]
* [[Michael de V. Roberts]]
* [[Claude Shannon]]
* [[Christopher Strachey]]
* [[Albert Zobrist]]
=Selected Articles=
==1915==
* Anonymmous ('''1915'''). ''Torre and His Remarkable Automatic Devices''. [[Scientific American]], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XwUiAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA296&dq=%22Torres+and+his+remarkable+automatic+devices%22&hl=en&ei=oBhxTvGkNrS80AHrxoysCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Torres%20and%20his%20remarkable%20automatic%20devices%22&f=false Supplement 80, Number 2079, November 06, 1915] » [[El Ajedrecista]]
==1950 ...==
* [[Claude Shannon]] ('''1950'''). ''A Chess-Playing Machine''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 182 (No. 2, February 1950), pp. 48-51. Reprinted in [http://www.amazon.com/World-Mathematics-Vol-4/dp/0486411524/ref=pd_sim_b_1 The World of Mathematics], edited by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Newman James R. Newman], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_&_Schuster Simon & Schuster, NY], Vol. 4, 1956, pp. 2124-2133. Included in Part B
* [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]] ('''1958'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f690f16 Computer vs. Chess-Player]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 198, pp. 96-105. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/2-2.Computer_V_ChessPlayer.Bernstein_Roberts.Scientific_American.June-1958/Computer_V_ChessPlayer.Bernstein_Roberts.Scientific_American.June-1958.062303059.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], reprinted 1988 in [[Computer Chess Compendium]] » [[The Bernstein Chess Program]]
==1960 ...==
* [[Christopher Strachey]] ('''1966'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=system-analysis-and-programming-christopher-strachey System Analysis and Programming]''. [[Scientific American]], September 1966, republished August 23, 2011 <ref>[http://norvig.com/sciam/checkers-complete.html Complete Annotated Strachey Checkers Program] by [[Peter Norvig]]</ref> <ref>[http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2011/08/23/systems-analysis-look-back-1966-scientific-american-article/ Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis] by [[Peter Norvig]], [[Scientific American|Scientific American Online]], August 23, 2011</ref>
==1970 ...==
* [[Martin Gardner]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/HyFISCH/Produzieren/lis_projekt/proj_gamelife/ConwayScientificAmerican.htm Mathematical Games - The fantastic combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "life"]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 223, pp. 120-123. » [[John H. Conway]]
* [[Martin Gardner]] ('''1973'''). ''Mathematical Games: How to Turn a Chessboard into a Computer to Calculate with Negabinary Numbers''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 228, No. 4 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_base Negative base from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Albert Zobrist]], [[Frederic Roy Carlson]] ('''1973'''). ''An Advice-Taking Chess Computer''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 228, No. 6
* [[Martin Gardner]] ('''1979'''). ''Chess Problems on a Higher Plane, Including Mirror Images, Rotations and the Superqueen''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 270
==1980 ...==
* [[Hans Berliner]] ('''1980'''). ''[http://www.bkgm.com/articles/Berliner/ComputerBackgammon/index.html Computer Backgammon]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 242, No. 6, hosted by [http://www.bkgm.com/ Backgammon Galore]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dewdney Alexander Keewatin Dewdney] ('''1986'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d2654 The King (A Chess Program) Is Dead, Long Live The King (A Chess Machine)]''. [[Scientific American]], 1986-02, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-2%20and%203-3%20and%205-2.Computer_recreations.Dewdney-AK.Scientific_American.Feb-1986/Computer_recreations.Dewdney-AK.Scientific_American.Feb-1986.062303022.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]] » [[ACM 1985]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Feng-hsiung Hsu]], [[Thomas Anantharaman]], [[Murray Campbell]], [[Andreas Nowatzyk]] ('''1990'''). ''A Grandmaster Chess Machine''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 263, No. 4, [http://www.disi.unige.it/person/DelzannoG/AI2/hsu.html Online Reprint] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/b3b584ef5a572d79# Feng's (Deep Thought) article in Scientific American (long)] by [[Feng-hsiung Hsu]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 19, 1990</ref> » [[Deep Thought]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Aaronson Scott Aaronson] ('''2008'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-limits-of-quantum-computers/ The Limits of Quantum Computers]''. [[Scientific American]], March 01, 2008, [http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/limitsqc-draft.pdf draft as pdf]
* [[Simon Portegies Zwart]] ('''2008'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-long-lost-siblings-of-the-sun/ The Long-Lost Siblings of the Sun]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 301, No. 5
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/author.cfm?id=1324 Larry Greenemeier] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=robots-arrive-fukushima-nuclear Robots Arrive at Fukushima Nuclear Site with Unclear Mission]''. [[Scientific American]], March 24, 2011 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster from Wikipedia]</ref> » [[Robots]]
* [[Simon Portegies Zwart]] ('''2014'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-space-mission-could-track-down-the-sun-s-lost-siblings/ A New Space Mission Could Track Down the Sun's Lost Siblings]''. [[Scientific American]], Special Editions Vol. 23, No. 3s
=Online=
* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-deep-blue-how-ai-has-advanced-since-conquering-chess/ 20 Years after Deep Blue: How AI Has Advanced Since Conquering Chess] by [https://www.crunchbase.com/person/larry-greenemeier Larry Greenemeier], [[Scientific American]], June 2, 2017 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64158 Scientific American article on Computer Chess] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], June 03, 2017</ref> » [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[Deep Blue]], [[Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997]], [[Murray Campbell]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American Scientific American from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/ Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammag/ Scientific American: Scientific American Magazine]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/mind-and-brain Mind & Brain Science News, Articles, and Information from Scientific American]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/section.cfm?id=news Scientific American: News]
* [http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/12/scientific-americans-chess-puzzles.html Chess for All Ages: Scientific American's Chess Puzzles] by [[Mark Weeks]], December 29, 2009
* [http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/01/scientific-americans-computer-chess.html Chess for All Ages: Scientific American's Computer Chess] by [[Mark Weeks]], January 12, 2010
=References=
<references />
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[[FILE:SciAmer.gif|border|right|thumb|Cover of the September 1848 issue <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American Scientific American from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Scientific American''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science popular science] magazine, founded by inventor and publisher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Porter Rufus Porter] in 1845 as a four page weekly newspaper. Since 2009, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariette_DiChristina Mariette DiChristina] is the eighth editor-in-chief. [[Martin Gardner]] was author of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Martin_Gardner_Mathematical_Games_columns Mathematical Games column] from 1956 to 1981 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner Martin Gardner from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://www.dialectrix.com/MG.html Index to Mathematical Games]</ref>. Occasionally, Scientific American had notable articles on [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] and computer chess topics.
=Selected Authors=
* [[Thomas Anantharaman]]
* [[Hans Berliner]]
* [[Alex Bernstein]]
* [[Murray Campbell]]
* [[Frederic Roy Carlson]]
* [[Martin Gardner]]
* [[Feng-hsiung Hsu]]
* [[Andreas Nowatzyk]]
* [[Simon Portegies Zwart]]
* [[Michael de V. Roberts]]
* [[Claude Shannon]]
* [[Christopher Strachey]]
* [[Albert Zobrist]]
=Selected Articles=
==1915==
* Anonymmous ('''1915'''). ''Torre and His Remarkable Automatic Devices''. [[Scientific American]], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XwUiAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA296&dq=%22Torres+and+his+remarkable+automatic+devices%22&hl=en&ei=oBhxTvGkNrS80AHrxoysCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Torres%20and%20his%20remarkable%20automatic%20devices%22&f=false Supplement 80, Number 2079, November 06, 1915] » [[El Ajedrecista]]
==1950 ...==
* [[Claude Shannon]] ('''1950'''). ''A Chess-Playing Machine''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 182 (No. 2, February 1950), pp. 48-51. Reprinted in [http://www.amazon.com/World-Mathematics-Vol-4/dp/0486411524/ref=pd_sim_b_1 The World of Mathematics], edited by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Newman James R. Newman], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_&_Schuster Simon & Schuster, NY], Vol. 4, 1956, pp. 2124-2133. Included in Part B
* [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]] ('''1958'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f690f16 Computer vs. Chess-Player]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 198, pp. 96-105. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/2-2.Computer_V_ChessPlayer.Bernstein_Roberts.Scientific_American.June-1958/Computer_V_ChessPlayer.Bernstein_Roberts.Scientific_American.June-1958.062303059.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], reprinted 1988 in [[Computer Chess Compendium]] » [[The Bernstein Chess Program]]
==1960 ...==
* [[Christopher Strachey]] ('''1966'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=system-analysis-and-programming-christopher-strachey System Analysis and Programming]''. [[Scientific American]], September 1966, republished August 23, 2011 <ref>[http://norvig.com/sciam/checkers-complete.html Complete Annotated Strachey Checkers Program] by [[Peter Norvig]]</ref> <ref>[http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2011/08/23/systems-analysis-look-back-1966-scientific-american-article/ Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis] by [[Peter Norvig]], [[Scientific American|Scientific American Online]], August 23, 2011</ref>
==1970 ...==
* [[Martin Gardner]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/HyFISCH/Produzieren/lis_projekt/proj_gamelife/ConwayScientificAmerican.htm Mathematical Games - The fantastic combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "life"]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 223, pp. 120-123. » [[John H. Conway]]
* [[Martin Gardner]] ('''1973'''). ''Mathematical Games: How to Turn a Chessboard into a Computer to Calculate with Negabinary Numbers''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 228, No. 4 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_base Negative base from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Albert Zobrist]], [[Frederic Roy Carlson]] ('''1973'''). ''An Advice-Taking Chess Computer''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 228, No. 6
* [[Martin Gardner]] ('''1979'''). ''Chess Problems on a Higher Plane, Including Mirror Images, Rotations and the Superqueen''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 270
==1980 ...==
* [[Hans Berliner]] ('''1980'''). ''[http://www.bkgm.com/articles/Berliner/ComputerBackgammon/index.html Computer Backgammon]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 242, No. 6, hosted by [http://www.bkgm.com/ Backgammon Galore]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dewdney Alexander Keewatin Dewdney] ('''1986'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d2654 The King (A Chess Program) Is Dead, Long Live The King (A Chess Machine)]''. [[Scientific American]], 1986-02, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-2%20and%203-3%20and%205-2.Computer_recreations.Dewdney-AK.Scientific_American.Feb-1986/Computer_recreations.Dewdney-AK.Scientific_American.Feb-1986.062303022.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]] » [[ACM 1985]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Feng-hsiung Hsu]], [[Thomas Anantharaman]], [[Murray Campbell]], [[Andreas Nowatzyk]] ('''1990'''). ''A Grandmaster Chess Machine''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 263, No. 4, [http://www.disi.unige.it/person/DelzannoG/AI2/hsu.html Online Reprint] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/b3b584ef5a572d79# Feng's (Deep Thought) article in Scientific American (long)] by [[Feng-hsiung Hsu]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 19, 1990</ref> » [[Deep Thought]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Aaronson Scott Aaronson] ('''2008'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-limits-of-quantum-computers/ The Limits of Quantum Computers]''. [[Scientific American]], March 01, 2008, [http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/limitsqc-draft.pdf draft as pdf]
* [[Simon Portegies Zwart]] ('''2008'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-long-lost-siblings-of-the-sun/ The Long-Lost Siblings of the Sun]''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 301, No. 5
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/author.cfm?id=1324 Larry Greenemeier] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=robots-arrive-fukushima-nuclear Robots Arrive at Fukushima Nuclear Site with Unclear Mission]''. [[Scientific American]], March 24, 2011 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster from Wikipedia]</ref> » [[Robots]]
* [[Simon Portegies Zwart]] ('''2014'''). ''[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-space-mission-could-track-down-the-sun-s-lost-siblings/ A New Space Mission Could Track Down the Sun's Lost Siblings]''. [[Scientific American]], Special Editions Vol. 23, No. 3s
=Online=
* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-deep-blue-how-ai-has-advanced-since-conquering-chess/ 20 Years after Deep Blue: How AI Has Advanced Since Conquering Chess] by [https://www.crunchbase.com/person/larry-greenemeier Larry Greenemeier], [[Scientific American]], June 2, 2017 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64158 Scientific American article on Computer Chess] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], June 03, 2017</ref> » [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[Deep Blue]], [[Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997]], [[Murray Campbell]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American Scientific American from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/ Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammag/ Scientific American: Scientific American Magazine]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/mind-and-brain Mind & Brain Science News, Articles, and Information from Scientific American]
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/section.cfm?id=news Scientific American: News]
* [http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/12/scientific-americans-chess-puzzles.html Chess for All Ages: Scientific American's Chess Puzzles] by [[Mark Weeks]], December 29, 2009
* [http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/01/scientific-americans-computer-chess.html Chess for All Ages: Scientific American's Computer Chess] by [[Mark Weeks]], January 12, 2010
=References=
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