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L Magazine

L Magazine is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand L Magazine rather than just read about it. In short: The L Magazine was a free bi-weekly magazine in New York City featuring investigative articles, arts and culture commentary, and event listings. It was available through distribution in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Hoboken.

Key takeaways

L Magazine belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect L Magazine to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of L Magazine from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The L Magazine was a free bi-weekly magazine in New York City featuring investigative articles, arts and culture commentary, and event listings. It was available through distribution in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Hoboken.

History The L Magazine was created in 2003 by brothers Scott and Daniel Stedman and editor Jonny Diamond in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The brothers named it for the L train, a subway line that connects Brooklyn to Manhattan. It ceased publication in July 2015, with resources shifted to sister publication Brooklyn Magazine.

The Boxing Match The L's launch coincided with that of New York Sports Express, an offshoot of New York Press. The distribution boxes used by Express and The L looked very similar; both were bright orange, and they were the same shape and color. While most likely a coincidence, Express editor-in-chief Jeff Koyen decided to print a series of barbs against Scott Stedman, The L's publisher. Stedman responded with a full-sized ad in The L challenging Koyen to a boxing match. On October 25, Koyen and Stedman boxed at Gleason's Gym in Dumbo, Brooklyn to settle the score. The match ended in a draw, and no re-match was rescheduled. The boxing match was re-created on the TV show Bored to Death. Jonathan Ames claims in his blog that the season finale was based on this match.

Events In 2005, The L Magazine launched Summer Screen, a free weekly film series in Brooklyn's McCarren Park. In 2009, the magazine launched the Northside Music Festival. Headliners included indie rock acts Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Dodos, Screaming Females, and Real Estate (band). In 2010, the second Northside Music Festival featured performances by Polvo, Liars, Elvis Perkins in Dearland and The Fiery Furnaces. The festival also hosted the films Feast of Stephen by James Franco and Life During Wartime by Todd Solondz.

Honors In November 2010, The L Magazine art critic Paddy Johnson was nominated for Critic of the Year in the Rob Pruitt Art Awards, a fundraising event for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Sources

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with L Magazine

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what L Magazine claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to L Magazine before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about L Magazine ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of L Magazine

In research: L Magazine appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses L Magazine in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: L Magazine is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Biweekly magazines published in the United States, Defunct magazines published in New York City, Defunct visual arts magazines published in the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for L Magazine outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study L Magazine in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what L Magazine means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain L Magazine out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is L Magazine in simple terms?

Why does L Magazine matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study L Magazine?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on L Magazine.