Isaac Asimov‚ the pre-eminent popular-science writer of the day and for more than 40 years one of the best and best-known writers of science fiction‚ died yesterday at New York University Hospital. He was 72 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of heart and kidney failure‚ said his brother‚ Stanley. Mr. Asimov was amazingly prolific‚ writing nearly 500 books on a wide range of subjects‚ from works for preschoolers to college textbooks. He was perhaps best known for his science fiction and
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Asimov On Chemistry by Isaac Asimov The Book Asimov on Chemistry by Isaac Asimov is a collection of seventeen essays that he wrote for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This book is one of ten that were published by Doubleday & Company‚ Inc. Not all of the books centered on chemistry and like science. Most just covered anything Isaac Asimov wondered about. These Essays date back quite aways with a range from January 1959 to April 1966. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY The Weighting Game This
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“Foundation” a legendary masterpiece by Isaac Asimov received a one-time Hugo Award for “Best all-Time” series kicking out “Lord of the Rings”. Becoming one of the most influential writer’s of the twentieth century‚ inspiring creativity minds of generations of writers. This novel is answered with personal subjective opinions of being considered one of the best science fiction novels written. Asimov’s prior works of art represented going back in time‚ unlike “Foundation” which represented the future
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Foundation (novel) Foundation is the first novel in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). Foundation is a collection of five short stories‚ which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951 which‚ together‚ form a single plot. Foundation saw multiple publications—it also appeared in 1955 as part of Ace Double D-110 under the title "The 1‚000-Year Plan". Four of the stories were originally published inAstounding Magazine (with different
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In Isaac Asimov’s "The Eureka Phenomenon"‚ he explains that when relaxed‚ a person’s mind can solve a problem‚ conflict‚ or make a discovery much easier than if the person was in a stressed out state of mind. Examples are provided all throughout the story‚ including the humorous story of King Hieron II and Archimedes. This story in a nutshell was about King Hieron II giving a large amount of gold to a goldsmith to fashion a crown. After receiving the crown‚ King Hieron II had suspicions that the
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shapes the world around us‚ even those of us that have little understanding of the tough and hard to digest topic. Isaac Asimov was one of the few authors out there that made people love science regardless of their view on it. He had a huge impact on the culture of Americans and inspired many. Isaac Asimov did this by being a scholar‚ scientist‚ and writer. Scholar Isaac Asimov was one of the 20th century’s most prolific writers‚ writing in many genres. He was known for sci-fi works like Foundation
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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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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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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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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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