The Exploratorium Magazine
Issue Theme Index

(previously The Exploratorium Magazine, Exploratorium Quarterly, and Exploring)

Vol : Issue

Theme

1977 ... 1978 ... 1979 ... 1980 ...

Copies

1977 (The Exploratorium Magazine)

1 : 1 April/May

Echo

5

1 : 2 June/July

Color

5

1 : 3 August/September

Exponentials

5

1 : 4 October/November

Touch

1

1 : 5 December 1977/January 1978

(Museum education)

5

1 : 6 February/March

Balancing

6

1978

2 : 1

Dream Stage?

2 : 2 June/July

Shadows

3

2 : 3 August/September

Waves

1

2 : 4 October/November

Sounds

4

2 : 5 December 1978/January 1979

Cheshire Cat

5

2 : 6 February/March

School In The Exploratorium/Eclipse

3

1979

3 : 1 April/May

Einstein

1 (photocopy)

3 : 2 June/July

Bernard Maybeck

10

3 : 3 August/September

Tools/Technology

5

3 : 4 October/November

Art/Science/The Bay

4

3 : 5 December 1979/January 1980

Play

5

3 : 6 February/March 1980

J. Oppenheimer/Adult Play

3

1980

1981 ... 1982 ... 1983 ... 1984 ... 1985 ... 1986 ... 1987 ... 1988 ... 1989 ... 1990 ...

4 : 1 April/May

Gossamer Albatross

1 (+2 photocopies)

4 : 2 June/July

Light

5

4 : 3 August/September

Heat and Temperature

6

4 : 4 October/November

Kids

6

4 : 5 December 1980/January 1981

Optical Illusions

2

1981

5 : 1 April/May

Heat

5

5 : 2 & 3 (Special Double Issue)

Science Media Conference

5

5 : 4 December 1981/January 1982

Math/Waves

8

5 : 5 February/March 1982

Image Walk

3

1982

6 : 1 April/May

Language

5

6 : 2 Summer

Water

4

6 : 3 Fall

Baseball

1 (+3 photocopies)

6 : 4 Winter

Bubbles...

2 (+1 photocopy)

1983

7 : 1 Spring

Smell

5

7 : 2 Summer

Bicycles

4

7 : 3 Fall

Thinking About Maps

6

7 : 4 Winter 1983/84

Cooking

6

1984

8 : 1 Spring

Chips and Changes

8

8 : 2 Summer

Big & Little

4

8 : 3 Fall

Seeing Through Things

4

8 : 4 Winter

On Time

5

1985

9 : Special Issue [March]

Frank Oppenheimer

7

9 : 1 Spring

The Eye

5

9 : 2 Summer

Weather

4

9 : 3 Fall

Flying Things

5

9 : 4 Winter

Junk

5

1986 (Exploratorium Quarterly)

10 : 1 Spring

Illusions

11

10 : 2 Summer

Sticking Together

6

10 : 3 Fall

Music

4

10 : 4 Winter

More Music

9 (incl. 6 misprinted as Volume 10, Issue 3)

1987

11 : 1 Spring

Bridges

6

11 : 2 Summer

Amusement Parks

6

11 : 3 Fall

Edges

6

11 : 4 Winter

Bob Miller's Image Walk

5

1988

12 : 1 Spring

Dirt

8

12 : 2 Summer

Memory

5

12 : 3 Fall

Hands

5

12 : 4 Winter 1988/89

Spinning Things

9

1989

13 : 1 Spring

Fire!

3

13 : 2 Summer

Ice

3

13 : 3 Fall

Photography

4

13 : 4 Winter

Nothing

10 (incl. 2 'white' copies)

1990

1991 ... 1992 ... 1993 ... 1994 ... 1995 ... 1996 ... 1997 ... 1998 ... 1999 ... 2000 ...

14 : 1 Spring

Toys

4

14 : 2 Summer

Language

4

14 : 3 Fall

Electricity

4

14 : 4 Winter

Food

2 (+3 Exploring Food reprints)

1991

15 : 1 Spring

Navigation

3 (+2 Exploring Navigation reprints)

15 : 2 Summer

Rhythm

5

15 : 3 Fall

Sports

3

15 : 4 Winter

Fakes

2 (+1 Exploring Fakes reprint)

1992 (Exploring [beginning with "Patterns"])

16 : 1 Spring

Cities

3 (+1 Exploring Cities reprint)

16 : 2 Summer

Patterns

3

16 : 3 Spring

no issue for Exploratorium members [who received 1993 Patterns in Nature calendar instead]; Exploring Nothing [previously issued as Volume 13, Issue 4] reprinted as current issue for select reciprocal members

(1 Exploring Nothing reprint)

16 : 4 Winter

Transformations

4

1993

17 : 1 Spring

Tools

3

17 : 2 Summer

Puzzles & Problems

6

17 : 3 Fall

In The Dark

6

17 : 4 Winter

The Ear

3

1994

18 : 1 Spring

The Sound Spectrum: special poster edition

6

18 : 2 Summer

Money

10

18 : 3 Fall

Underground

3

18 : 4

Energy

3

1995

19 : 1A/1B Spring

The Exploratorium Home Laboratory

3/3

19 : 2 Summer

The Alphabet [includes Alphabet poster]

3

19 : 3 Fall

Size

3

19 : 4 Winter 1995/96

Oceans

4

1996

20 : 1 Spring

Gardening

4

20 : 2 Summer

Visual Illusions

7

20 : 3 Fall

The Exploratorium Home Laboratory II

9

20 : 4 Winter 1996/97

Cats & Dogs

4

1997

21 : 1 Spring

Cycles: special poster edition

5

21 : 2 Summer

Microbes

4

21 : 3 Fall

Fitness

7

21 : 4 Winter 1997/98

Sleep

6

1998
(The Exploratorium Magazine [beginning with "Space"])

22 : 1 Spring

Memories

5

22 : 2 Summer

Hair

6

22 : 3 Winter 1998/99

Space

5

1999

23 : 1 Spring 1999

The Evolution of Languages

2

23 : 2 Summer 1999

Exploring Paper

5

23 : 3 Winter 1999/2000

Picturing the Body

5

2000

2001 ... 2002 ... 2003 ...

24 : 1 Spring

Islands

6

24 : 2 Summer

Television

5

24 : 3 Fall

Networks

2

24 : 4 Winter

Insects

(4)

2001

25 : 1 Spring

Math Explorer

5

25 : 2 Summer

Water

5

25 : 3 Fall

Coffee and tea

5

25 : 4 Winter

Robots

5

2002

26 : 1 Spring

Motion

5

26 : 2 Summer

Antarctica

5

26 : 3 Winter

Cells (FINAL ISSUE)

5

 

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