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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920, Petrovichi, Russia - April 6, 1992, New York) - an American author and biochemist, a highly successful and prolific writer of science fiction and of science books for the layperson. He published about 500 volumes. |
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920, Petrovichi, Russia - April 6, 1992, New York) - an American author and biochemist, a highly successful and extraordinarily prolific writer of science fiction and of science books for the layperson. He published about 500 volumes. |
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Asimov was brought to the United States at the age of three. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., graduating from Columbia University in 1939 and taking a Ph.D. there in 1948. He then joined the faculty of [Boston University]?, with which he remained associated thereafter. |
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Asimov's family emigrated to the United States when he was three years old. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., graduating from Columbia University in 1939 and taking a Ph.D. there in 1948. He then joined the faculty of [Boston University]?, with which he remained associated thereafter. |
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Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in 1939 and in 1950 published his first book, [/Pebble in the Sky]?. His trilogy of novels, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation (1951-53), which recounts the collapse and rebirth of a vast interstellar empire in the universe of the future, is his most famous work of science fiction. In the short-story collection I, Robot (1950), he developed a set of ethics for robots (see Three Laws Of Robotics) and intelligent machines that greatly influenced other writers' treatment of the subject. His other novels and collections of stories included [/The Stars Like Dust]? (1951), [/The Currents Of Space]? (1952), [/The Caves Of Steel]? (1954), [/The Naked Sun]? (1957), [/Earth Is Room Enough]? (1957), [/Foundations Edge]? (1982), and [/The Robots Of Dawn]? (1983). The short story, [/The Bicentennial Man]? was made into a movie starring Robin Williams. His [[/Nightfall?] (1941) is thought by many to be the finest science fiction short story ever written. |
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Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in 1939 and in 1950 published his first book, [/Pebble in the Sky]?. His trilogy of novels, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation (1951-53), which recounts the collapse and rebirth of a vast interstellar empire in the universe of the future, is his most famous work of science fiction. In the short-story collection I, Robot (1950), he developed a set of ethics for robots (see Three Laws Of Robotics) and intelligent machines that greatly influenced other writers' treatment of the subject. His other novels and collections of stories included [/The Stars Like Dust]? (1951), [/The Currents Of Space]? (1952), [/The Caves Of Steel]? (1954), [/The Naked Sun]? (1957), [/Earth Is Room Enough]? (1957), [/Foundations Edge]? (1982), and [/The Robots Of Dawn]? (1983). The short story, [/The Bicentennial Man]? was made into a movie starring Robin Williams. His /Nightfall? (1941) is thought by many to be the finest science fiction short story ever written. |
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