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/ Isaac Asimov /
"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function
of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing."
"Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation series, the first three books of which won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. His other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series. The Galactic Empire novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. Later, with Foundation and Earth, he linked this distant future to the Robot stories, creating a unified "future history" for his stories."
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Native name: Yiddish: יצחק אזימאװ
Born: c. January 2, 1920, Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
Died: April 6, 1992, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Occupation: Writer, professor of biochemistry
Nationality: Russian (1920-1922), Soviet (1922-1928), American (1928-1992)
Education: Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)
Genre: Science fiction (hard SF, social SF), mystery, popular science
Subject: Popular science, science textbooks, essays, history, literary criticism
Literary movement: Golden Age of Science Fiction
Years active: 1939–1992
Isaac Asimov (1975). “Science Past, Science Future”, Doubleday Books
