Gerard Piel (1 March 1915 in Woodmere, N.Y. – 5 September 2004) was the publisher of the new Scientific American magazine starting in 1948.
He wrote for magazines, including The Nation, and published books on science for the general public.
In 1990, Piel was presented with the In Praise of Reason award by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP).
[2] Piel graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937.
In 1948, in association with two colleagues, he launched a new version of Scientific American to promote science literacy for the general public in the postwar era.