Review ‘Probably the most staggering achievements in modern SF’ The Times ‘Isaac Asimov used to be some of the great explainers of the ageIt will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’ Carl Sagan ‘Asimov displayed Probably the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’ Day by day Telegraph ‘Asimov’s career used to be Probably the most formidable in science fiction’ The Times About the Writer Isaac Asimov used to be born in 1920 in Russia and used to be brought to america by his parents three years later. He grew up in Brooklyn and attended Columbia University. After a short spell in the army, he gained a doctorate and worked in academia and chemical research. Asimov’s career as a science fiction author began in 1939 with the short story ‘Marooned Off Vesta’. Thereafter he became a regular contributor to the leading SF magazines of the day. Asimov wrote hundreds of short stories and novels, including the iconic I, Robot and Foundation. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula Award once. Aside from his world-famous science fiction, Asimov also wrote highly successful detective mystery stories, a four-volume History of North The united states, a two-volume Guide to the Bible, a biographical dictionary, encyclopedias, and textbooks, in addition to two volumes of autobiography. Asimov died in 1992 at the age of 72.
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