Word: journalism
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Daedalus, the scientific journal whose readers and contributing writers include U.S. Presidents and Nobel Prize laureates alike, and which is published quarterly by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, began as nothing more than a name, says Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Gerald Holton...
...fledgling journal, named after the Greek mythological hero who escaped from a labyrinth using a self-constructed pair of wings, had an even bigger obstacle to surmount. It had little money, no office and had to be housed in the Jefferson physics laboratories...
...journal, which includes essays in such diverse fields as history, chemistry, philosophy and the visual arts, is commemorating its 40th anniversary with the winter 1998 edition. Not only does this special edition celebrate 40 years of scholarship, but it also honors Holton as the first editor of the journal...
Once he had the idea for the journal, Holton says he went to the Out of Town News stand in Harvard Square to see whether a news outlet would be interested in selling the journal. To this day, students can buy Daedalus from the Harvard Square landmark, Holton says...
Sources: Consumers Union; Journal of the American Medical Association; New England Journal of Medicine...