''Quest'' is a monthly popular science magazine published in
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Diemen () is a town and municipality with a population of in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Amsterdam's city centre, within the Amsterdam metropolitan area.
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History and profile
''Quest'' was launched in February 2004.
Gruner + Jahr
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The headquarters of the magazine is in Diemen.][ The magazine features articles on ]science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and technology
Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, scie ...
with a special reference to nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans ar ...
, health, psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
and history
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...
.[ Target audience of the magazine is people between 20 and 49 years of age.]editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of the magazine[ until her death in 2010. Then Thomas Hendriks was appointed to the post.
The magazine is also distributed in ]Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
.[ In 2011 the English version of ''Quest'' was launched by Gruner + Jahr in ]South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
with the same name.[ The magazine is published on a bimonthly basis there.][
''Quest'' has won the Mercur Magazine Award several times since its start in 2004.][ The magazine received the award in 2004, in 2007 and in 2009. It was named as the Launch of the Year 2004][
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Circulation
In 2010 ''Quest'' had a circulation of 198,270 copies.[ During the second quarter of 2014 the circulation of the magazine was 155,653 copies.][
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External links
Official website
2004 establishments in the Netherlands
Dutch-language magazines
Magazines established in 2004
Mass media in Diemen
Monthly magazines published in the Netherlands
Science and technology magazines published in the Netherlands