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The readers' realism as regards 'Scientific American' is in contrast to 'Scientific American' itself. This magazine was owned by someone with the last name of Piel who was a Communist or at least his wife is one. She was the leader of the Communist "Emergency Civil Liberties Union."

As part of the scientific veracity of 'Scientific America,' they declared the Wright brothers invention of the flying plane was fictitious three years after the Wright bothers invention actually flew.

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They weren’t alone. It took quite a while for the Wright Brothers to prove to the world what they had done. I had an old paperback of their story that was quite the read. Their first trip to Europe to prove their ability to fly is one of the most thrilling reads in American or World History.