I have get 30 year of `` National Geographic '' on cd-rom , new issue , and back issue from my grandparent . there be no more complete magazine about the world . whether it be anthropology , geology , geography , entomology , etymology , paleontology , astrology , zoology , oceanography -- this magazine have touch base there and will return . the magazine 's contribute photographer include all the best nature photographer in the world -lrb- like David Doubilet , example ISBN : 0714838284 -rrb- and award win photographer of many other style . the magazine be not of hard science but this be to its credit . the subject be cover in a way that be always educational to layman and eminently interesting to professional . it be the best way to know what be go on now and have go on in the natural world . I can not think of another magazine that be so consistently please and positive on so many level ; visually , intellectually , in its dept ! h of subject . even small child can enjoy it simply because of the beautiful , colorful picture . if you have never read it -lrb- ! -rrb- , pick up a copy to see . if you like it as much as half the world do , subscribe .