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    English 11 R Mr. Ferrare 9 February 2010 Isaac Asimov: The Father of Science-Fiction Isaac Asimov is well known for his Foundation series but wrote a total of over 500 books. These books were commonly science-fiction‚ but he also wrote mysteries and other genres of literature‚ including a memoir. Although these works differ in genre‚ they each contain Isaac Asimov’s desire to help the world and educate people in any way he could. Isaac Asimov used his work to reflect upon the world and address

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    In 1953‚ Isaac Asimov wrote a story about self-driving cars. It shares many similarities to what is happening right now and what will happen in the future. There are even articles talking about self-driving cars that share many similarities to what happened in Sally. There are pro’s and cons to self-driving cars‚ and these articles feature both. The negative of self-driving cars are similar in both articles. Both passages discuss how self driving cars help the disabled travel. “Self-driving

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    These two articles are similar in that they are both writing pieces by authors writing in first person about their books or writings. Amy Tan and Isaac Asimov are both writing about something specific about their writings. Amy Tan talks about how her experiences with her mother contributes to her writing and Isaac Asimov analyzes why he is a good science fiction writer and what it takes to be one. In the article Mother Tongue by Amy Tan‚ Amy writes about what it was like growing up with her

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    In the short stories “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury and “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov‚ the theme demonstrated is that advanced technology can make social interaction less important. In “The Pedestrian” the protagonist Leonard Mead enjoys going for walks‚ while everyone else is occupied with their technology. “In the ten years of walking by night or day‚ for thousands of miles‚ [Leonard] had never met another person walking‚ not one in all that time.” Nobody feels the need to leave their

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    Seminar Paper On  Isaac Asimov’s Foundation - Validity of Science Fiction Submitted By: Supervised To: Palak Madan Dr Smita Mishra Assistant Professor Amity Institute of English Studies and Research AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH India Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings‚ futuristic science and technology‚

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    Matthew Cross Professor Molly Sides ENG 103 22 June 2013 Isaac Asimov: Envisioning the Future of our Own Humanity "If it brings me humanity‚ that will be worth it. If it doesn ’t‚ it will bring an end to striving and that will be worth it‚ too." (The Bicentennial Man 22). Isaac Asimov‚ a dreamer who with humble beginnings pushed science fiction into the beginnings of reality. There is no one quite like Asimov. He has written more on more subjects‚ and better on more subjects‚ and more unexpectedly

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    Isaac Asimov is a legend known for his science fiction stories. Isaac Asimov was born on January 2‚ 1920 in Petrovichi‚ Russia‚ Soviet Union. Isaac and his family moved to Brooklyn New York in 1923. His parents changed his date of birth to September 7‚ 1919 so he can start school a year earlier. He had started reading before he was 5 years old. From 1930-1932 Isaac Asimov was placed in rapid advance course. Isaac Asimov was a smart and brilliant student. He skipped some grades in between his early

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    mathematicians were incapable of doing. Through these many adventures in the field of robotics‚ Dr. Susan Calvin displays her many character traits to the reader. Dr. Calvin has an excellent combination of many different attributes. In I‚ Robot‚ by Isaac Asimov‚ Dr. Susan Calvin‚ the main character‚ reveals much about herself to the reader‚ and makes the book what it is. Many times during the novel‚ Dr. Calvin displays amazing intelligence in tough situations. When analyzing the mind reading robot named

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    The topic that I chose to do my comparison essay is how the article “The Fun They Had” and the movie “The Beautiful mind” view school. What is school? School is an institution where students are educated and gain knowledge to succeed in future. Both the article and the movie view school negatively. As years go by and students continue to go on to higher grades‚ they tend to lose their individuality and their ability to be creative and imaginative. School effects by dulling the minds of the students

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    they are also becoming increasingly vulnerable for errors. “All the troubles of the world” by Isaac Asimov and “Minority Report” were both about computers that are very different. However they both had major flaws in their systems. The computers systems in “All the troubles of the world” by Isaac Asimov and Minority Report were both very different. In “All the troubles of the world” by Isaac Asimov the entire world is controlled by Multivac. Multivac is responsible for earth’s economy‚ preventing

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