The Editor's Letter From The February 2014 Issue Of Popular Science Magazine
Change Is the Only Constant Paul Park Photography Sometime around the sixth century BCE, the philosopher Heraclitus established a series of doctrines that upended the thinking of the day. By all accounts, Heraclitus was not an easy man to get along with. He derided Pythagoras and Homer as idiots and was referred to as the “Weeping Philosopher” because of his rather dim view of human nature. But for all his quirks of character, Heraclitus did strike upon one fundamental idea: “Nothing endures but change.” In its 141 years, Popular Science has seen its share of change. That’s apparent in what we cover, of course. Our magazine has witnessed the birth of modern automobiles, spacecraft, nuclear power, computers, DNA sequencing, the Internet, mobile phones, and Candy Crush. But it’s also apparent in the magazine itself. The first issue of...