Archive of Popular Science Popular Science serial archive listings may be found on the Online Books Page. Popular Science is a monthly science and technology journal aimed for a mass audience. (There is a Wikipedia entry for this series.) History of Publication: The first issue of Popular Science was published in 1872 as "The Popular Science Monthly." From 1873 to 1890, all issues were published under the name "Popular Science Monthly." In 1891, the publication name was changed to "Popular Science Magazine," and has been so since that time. Issues before 1872 are not available on-line. They can be obtained from the Library of Congress by writing to them at their Washington, D.C. mailing address or by visiting http://www.loc.gov/rr/ppm/. An index to the articles in each issue is available on the Internet at various websites. These include: http://www.cstl.edu/~abrown/popsci.html - This is the homepage for A. Bruce Brown, who compiled most of the information on this page. http://www.popularsciencemagazine.com/history/ - This is the history page for the magazine.