Science Digest, Volume 45, Number 4, April 1959

96 pages. Illustrations (some with color). Cover has some wear and soiling, and corner creased. This issue includes articles on "Messages from Outer Space", "Come Aboard an Atom Sub!". "Jet Scoops Up Meteor Dust", "Volcanoes on the Moon", and a blurb on page 59 entitled "Era of manned military aircraft ending." [in the Spotlight on Space section]. Science Digest was a monthly American magazine published by the Hearst Corporation from 1937 through 1986. Science Digest was first published in January 1937 in an 8 x 5 inch digest size format of about 100 pages. First edited by G.W. Stamm., it was targeted at persons with a high school education level. It contained short articles about general science often excerpted from other publications in the style of Reader's Digest. In November 1980 the magazine was expanded to an 11 x 8 inch glossy page format with full-length articles and color pictures targeted at a college-educated reader. The new version was largely the creation of its then editor Scott DeGarmo. It was issued bi-monthly with circulation of about 500,000 copies. At first it tended to favor breathless cover lines, and often turned to pseudoscience topics, including spontaneous human combustion and UFOs. Unable to compete with more serious publications, such as Discover and Omni, the magazine ceased publication in 1986.The magazine briefly reappeared as a quarterly in 1987; returning to the original small "digest" format, with many short articles and snippets of science information. This final relaunch lasted only one year. Presumed first edition/first printing thus.…