The idea for the magazine came in June last year when the Provincial Publishing Company's chief, Kao Yuan-ching went to Japan on a fact-finding trip. Among the periodicals he found, he considered Newton to be the most attractive, and decided to translate it into Chinese for distribution in the ROC.
國內故鄉出版社負責人高源清，原就有心創辦科技雜誌，去年六月他到日本考察，發現牛頓雜誌，立刻被它豐富的內容與精美的印刷所吸引，動了將它譯成中文、引進國內的念頭。