Quest was a collectable magazine published in the United Kingdom by Marshall Cavendish from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
Quest was of their 'Partworks' educational rangePartworks catalogue covering a range of science and technology related topics, such as construction, cities, transport and drugs. The articles in each part were categorized under six topics: The living world, planet Earth, futures, energy and resources, new technology, and space frontiers.
Quest was available in fortnightly, hole-punched editions which would often come with a collectable element, such as playing cards for a 'trivial pursuit-like game'Partworks or cardboard models. There were 60 regular issues – enough to fill three official binders which came with special editions of the magazine (of which there were four).
Issues Issue Theme 1 The Oceans 2 Man In Space 3 Communications 4 Crime Busters 5 Cities and Communities 6 Life Forces 7 Flight 8 Weapons 9 Food and Nutrition 10 Science and Sport 11 Weather 12 Transport 13 Construction 14 Brain Power 15 Money 16 Light and Images 17 Into The Jungle 18 Creative Forces 19 Time 20 Water of Life 21 Science of Sound 22 Farming 23 Health And Medicine 24 Computers 25 Security 26 Underground 27 Body Machine 28 Homes 29 Weapons 2 30 Speed 31 Leisure 32 Automation 33 Rescue 34 Flight 2 35 Into the Unknown 36 Oceans 2 37 Engineering 38 Science Of Sport 2 39 Materials 40 Warfare 41 Entertainment 42 Science Of Numbers 43 Inventions 44 Tools 45 Forces 46 Constructions 2 47 The Seas 48 Art 49 Environment 50 Energy 51 Survival 52 Deserts 53 The Message 54 Transportation 55 Man In Space
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