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  Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asimov was by general consensus a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered to be one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime.
Asimov was born around January 2, 1920 (his date of birth for official purposes—the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi shtetl of Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia) to Anna Rachel Berman Asimov and Judah Asimov, a Jewish family of millers.
Asimov remained on the faculty as an associate professor, being promoted in 1979 to full professor, and his personal papers from 1965 onward are archived at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library, where they consume 464 boxes on 71 metres of shelf space.
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Asimov was born around January 2, 1920 (his date of birth for official purposes -- the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, to Anna Rachel and Judah Asimov, a Jewish family.
Asimov died on April 6, 1992, having contracted HIV from an infected blood transfusion during heart bypass surgery in 1983.
Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in 1939; his short story "Nightfall" (1941) is described in Bewildering Stories, issue 8, as one of "the most famous science-fiction stories of all time" [1] (http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue8/asimov.html).
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 isaac asimov - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Asimov was born around January 2, 1920 (his date of birth for official purposes—the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, to Anna Rachel and Judah Asimov, a Jewish family.
Asimov, tell us something about the thermodynamic properties of the compound Thiotimoline." After a twenty-minute wait, he was summoned back into the Examination Room and congratulated as "Dr. Asimov." He continued writing short stories for science fiction magazines in the 1950s, which he referred to as his golden decade.
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 Isaac Asimov - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Asimov was born in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, to a Jewish family that emigrated to the United States when he was three years old.
Asimov was also a claustrophile, that is, he enjoyed small, enclosed spaces (the opposite of a claustrophobe).
Asimov died on April 6, 1992, having been infected with HIV from tainted blood transfused during heart bypass surgery in 1983.
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 Isaac Asimov
Asimov's best known works are the short story "Nightfall" (1941, acclaimed as the best science fiction story ever written), and the various installments in his Foundation and Robot series (Foundation’s Edge, I, Robot, etc.).
It was Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and his concept of the positronic brain that inspired Gene Roddenberry to create Data, the Star Trek: The Next Generation android.
Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia (near Smolensk) in 1920, on or near January second.
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 Isaac Asimov
Asteroid "(5020) Asimov" is named in his honor, as is Honda's humanoid prototype robot ASIMO.
Isaac Asimov was a humanist and a rationalist.
Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in 1939; his short story "Nightfall" (1941) is described in Bewildering Stories, issue 8, as one of "the most famous science-fiction stories of all time" [1].
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Asimov died on April 6, 1992, havingcontracted HIV from an infected blood transfusion during heart bypass surgery in 1983.
In the closing years of his life Asimov blamed the deterioration of the quality oflife that he perceived in New York on the shrinking tax base caused by middle classflight to the suburbs.
Asimov said that of all his writings, he was mostproud of the middle section of The Gods Themselves.
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Asimov was also a claustrophile; that is, he enjoyed small, enclosed spaces.Asimov was a progressive on most political issues, and a staunch supporter of the United States Democratic Party.
Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in 1939; his short story "Nightfall" (1941) is described in Bewildering Stories, issue 8, as one of "the most famous science-fiction stories of all time" http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue8/asimov.html">http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue8/asimov.html.
Asimov said that of all his writings, he was most proud of the middle section of The Gods Themselves.Others have criticized him for a lack of strong female characters in his early work.
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 Isaac Asimov - SciFi/Fantasy Wiki
Asimov was born around January 2, 1920 (his date of birth for official purposes — the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, to a Jewish family that emigrated to the United States when he was three years old.
In Foundation and Earth, the protagonist must decide whether or not to allow the development of Galaxia, the ultimate in paternalistic societies.
Two of Asimov's last novels, Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation, introduce robots to the Foundation universe.
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Altogether he wrote or edited over 500 volumes and an estimated 90,000 letters or postcards, and has works in every major category of the Dewey Decimal System except Philosophy.
Janet Asimov claims that Isaac's doctors encouraged them not to reveal his illness, while the doctors claim it was Janet herself who wanted to keep it secret (see http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue04/Letter.html).
He invented the science-fiction mystery with The Caves of Steel and the stories in Asimov's Mysteries, usually playing fair with the reader by introducing early in the story any science or technology involved in the solution.
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Two and a half years later, he published his 32nd short story, "Nightfall" (1941), which is described in Bewildering Stories, issue 8, as one of "the most famous science-fiction stories of all time" [2].
A third autobiography, I. Asimov: A Memoir, was published in April 1994.
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 Geometry.Net - Authors: Asimov Isaac
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There is an asteroid named in his honor called (5020) Asimov Honda has named their humanoid prototype robot ASIMO in honor of him.
Isaac Asimov was a Russianborn U.S. scientist and prolific author of science and science-fiction books.
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Asimov remained on the faculty as an associate professor, being promoted in 1979 to full professor, and his personal papers from 1965 onward are archived at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library, where they consume 464 boxes on 71 meters of shelf space.
Some details of Asimov's imaginary future technology as described by him more than fifty years ago have not aged well.
Ironically, the story mimics the same style the author in it uses to describe his work, and it can be seen as an answer to some of Asimov's critics.
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Asimov wrote or edited over 500 volumes and an estimated 90,000 letters or postcards, and he has works in every major category of the
As is generally the case in a book like this, there’s a lot of ground covered, and Asimov covers it very well.
This is not, perhaps, as thorough a survey as Asimov’s New Guide to Science, but it’s excellent nonetheless and an enjoyable and informative book to own and read.
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 Isaac Asimov books ; 1199342440 Misspelled:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Never entirely lacking wit and humor, towards the end of his life Asimov published a series of collections of limericks, mostly written by himself, starting with Lecherous Limericks, which appeared in 1975.Asimov published two volumes of autobiography: In Memory Yet Green (1979) and In Joy Still Felt (1980).
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 Cyber Dawn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
-- Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born American author and biochemist, a highly successful and extraordinarily prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his science books for the layperson.
Asimov received a doctorate in biochemistry from Columbia University in 1948 and since 1949 has been a professor of biochemistry at Boston University.
Scholars in philosophy ponder how the popular science fiction movie touches on perennial philosophical questions.
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