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Out of the Everywhere
The master of the science fiction genre tackles such real-life subjects as the problems of over-population, the need for alternative fuels, the fear of radiation, what makes human beings different from other creatures, and more. Reprint.
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First published January 1, 1990
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Isaac Asimov
4,337 books27.8k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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November 23, 2017
A collection of S&SF essays. Not as gripping as they used to be. Is anyone listening disguised as funny is really quite bitter. The Radiation that wasn’t I found the best one. It is the story of Rene Prosper Blondlot, a French physicist who thought he had discovered N rays. Just because he could not stand the Germans to have hit on the X rays. The story of a nation-wide illusion. No fraud, but in the end, it was really nothing. An embarrassment. The Sacred Poet on poetry with effect on mankind (meaning Americans, of course) and the Unforgiving Minute also very good. (9/10)
May 30, 2025
I struggled through it up to page 56, right up until I've noticed that I ignored the inner voice that meant to be reading the book. Says more about me than about the book (which is still terrible, I am sorry).
October 27, 2018
Collection of F&SF science essays
August 24, 2021
Asimov is an incredibly lucid writer. This collection of essays is a delight.
August 6, 2016
Asimov writes science for school-age children and young adults. Like most people who write for this population, he assumes they don't know much - but unlike many, he also assumes that they can understand a lot.
Some of it was old news, some of it I didn't know before, but this history of life and the human race (among other things) was an interesting read regardless.
Some of it was old news, some of it I didn't know before, but this history of life and the human race (among other things) was an interesting read regardless.
September 24, 2015
Não gostei do tom de autocomiseração e de paternalismo no início de alguns ensaios.
July 22, 2015
Não o melhor Asimov - um pouco pretensioso, um pouco paternalista na sua forma de explicar a ciência e a história. Mas ainda assim interesssante, especialmente para a área das ciências.
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