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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Written assignment - "The fun they had" "The fun they had" is a science-fiction short story written in 1951 by Isaac Asimov. The text has its focal points on the human behavior as a response to the development of technology - human dependency of technology and how it has become a necessity in order to live a normal life. The text expresses‚ how the progression of technology have lead to the closed and therefore more "efficient" school system that Margie is a part of. As she reads the "real" book
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The text I`m going to interpret is written by Isaac Azimov. He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University‚ best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time‚ having written or edited more than 500 books he published influential sci-fi works like I‚ Robot and the Foundation trilogy‚ The Naked Sun and Foundation’s Edge‚ The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science which was the encyclopedic
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Elina Osmolovskaya Group 302 “THE FUN THEY HAD” Analysis The text‚ or even better‚ the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us‚ but does not imply introduction. In the passage‚ where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically‚ to show the vast gap in the epochs‚ habits‚ morality‚ way of life and model of life. To
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Сергеевой Натальи‚ 504 лк Analysis The fun they had Isaac Asimov is a well-known science fiction writer for such stories as Lucky Stars‚ The Pirates of Asteroids‚ The Kingdom of the Sun and other books that came from under his pen. Most of his popular science books explain scientific concepts‚ explore the universe‚ present our future‚ but all of this he permanently connected with science. In 1951 he wrote a science fiction story called "The Fun They Had" for a syndicated newspaper page. Later it
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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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