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Isaac Asimov (/ˈaɪzək ˈæzɨməv/ EYE-zək AZ-i-məv; born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, Russian: Исаак Юдович Озимов; Yiddish: אייזיק יודאָוויטש אסימאוו; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) 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 and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in all ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (although his only work in the 100s—which covers philosophy and psychology—was a foreword for The Humanist Way).
Asimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He wrote many short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.
Isaac Asimov, Visions For The Future (1992)
Foundation Isaac Asimov 1951 Audiobook
'Nemesis' by Isaac Asimov (1990), Read by Peter MacNicol
The 2015 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Water, Water
Interview With Isaac Asimov (1975)
2011 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Theory of Everything
The Caves of Steel 1954 by Isaac Asimov Full Audiobook © EkerTang
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov 1
Isaac Asimov previendo el impacto de Internet
2012 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Faster Than the Speed of Light
World of Ideas Isaac Asimov
2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existence of Nothing
The Last Question Read by Isaac Asimov