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Isaac Asimov (/ˈaɪzᵻk ˈæzᵻmɒv/; born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov; circa 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 prolific and wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Asimov wrote 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. The Galactic Empire novels are explicitly set in earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. Later, beginning with Foundation's Edge, he linked this distant future to the Robot and Spacer stories, creating 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 hundreds of short stories, including the social science fiction "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 (/ˈaɪzək/;Hebrew: יִצְחָק, Modern Yitskhak, Tiberian Yiṣḥāq, ISO 259-3 Yiçḥaq, "[he] will laugh"; Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ Isaak Arabic: إسحاق or إسحٰقʼIsḥāq) as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, was the second son of Abraham, the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah, and the father of Jacob and Esau. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah was past 90.
According to the Genesis narrative, Abraham brought Isaac to Mount Moriah, where, at God's command, Abraham built a sacrificial altar to sacrifice Isaac. This event served as a test of Abraham's faith. At the last moment an angel stopped him.
Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites. Isaac was the only biblical patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of Canaan. Compared to Abraham and Jacob, the Bible relates fewer incidents of Isaac's life. He died when he was 180 years old, making him the longest-lived of the three.
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas." It usually eschews the supernatural, and unlike the related genre of fantasy, historically science fiction stories were intended to have at least a faint grounding in science-based fact or theory at the time the story was created, but this connection has become tenuous or non-existent in much of science fiction.
Science fiction is difficult to define, as it includes a wide range of subgenres and themes. Author and editor Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying "science fiction is what we point to when we say it", a definition echoed by author Mark C. Glassy, who argues that the definition of science fiction is like the definition of pornography: you do not know what it is, but you know it when you see it.
Foundation may refer to:
The Foundation series is a science fiction series by Isaac Asimov. For nearly thirty years, the series was a trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation. It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Asimov began adding to the series in 1981, with two sequels: Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth, and two prequels: Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation. The additions made reference to events in Asimov's Robot and Empire series, indicating that they were also set in the same fictional universe.
The premise of the series is that the mathematician Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept of mathematical sociology. Using the laws of mass action, it can predict the future, but only on a large scale. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Galactic Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting 30,000 years before a second great empire arises. Seldon also foresees an alternative where the interregnum will last only one thousand years. To ensure the more favorable outcome, Seldon creates a foundation of talented artisans and engineers at the extreme end of the galaxy, to preserve and expand on humanity's collective knowledge, and thus become the foundation for a new galactic empire.
Actors: Nicholas E. Calhoun (actor), Nicholas E. Calhoun (actor), Laser Ray (actor), Thomas Norman (actor), Sherie Melby (actress), Sherie Melby (actress), Joseph John Justin (actor), Lenny Rivera (writer), Lenny Rivera (producer), Lenny Rivera (director), Tiffany Lloyd (actress), William Niven (editor), Ravi M. Iyer (actor), Jason Ur (actor), Jason Ur (actor),
Plot: Ben Maguire, a hit man who uses the alias Mark Twain, is on the run from his violent past, with a cool million dollars in stolen money. But it's not long before his past catches up with him in the form of Max Poe, a dangerous hit man with plans of his own for the money. And is the new love in Ben's life, Claire, all that she seems to be?
Keywords: hitman, neo-noirActors: Billy St. John (actor), Graham Sibley (actor), Darren Robertson (actor), Brad Erickson (actor), Jared DePasquale (composer), Mark Barnes (producer), John Turbyne (producer), John Turbyne (director), Sean Hannaway (actor), John Turbyne (writer), Judy Smith (producer), Joanne Judd (actress), Katrina Stormer (costume designer), Joanne McGrath (actress), Maklynn St. Clare (actress),
Plot: The Leader of the Church of Humanity, Father Love, having waged a spiritual war against Earth's robotic transgressions, is becoming President of Earth. Now only an old friend remains in the way of Father Love's plans to redeem the entire universe. The last robotics engineer, Professor Jon Tevlen, aware that he may be the only hope left for the future, accepts an invitation to speak at Father Love's inauguration cermemony. Leaving sanctuary, the Professor returns to his home planet in hopes of restoring what is left of the crumbling Earth Government.
Keywords: church, crash, future, religion, robot, space, spaceship, universeActors: Brianne Siddall (actress), Melodee Spevack (actress), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (actress), Steve Kramer (actor), Barbara Goodson (actress), Steve Blum (actor), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (actress), Michael McConnohie (actor), Jamieson Price (actor), Crispin Freeman (actor), Dave Wittenberg (actor), Beau Billingslea (actor), Sandy Fox (actress), Steve Kramer (actor), Jessica Gee (actress),
Plot: In the 21st century mankind was on the brink of destruction. Through genetic engineering however they eradicated such feelings as love and the desire for power. Since women are naturally less aggressive than men, women to man ratio was set to 9:1. Now people are engineered to have skills that others view as being necessary. There is a giant ring that now orbits the earth, that sits there and relays information back to an alien race that sent it. Now a team of five women will try to eradicate the alien threat.
Keywords: alien, anime, future, genetic-engineering, guitar-riff, mecha, outer-space, ringActors: Marc Wolff (miscellaneous crew), José Ramón Larraz (director), Georges Garvarentz (composer), Renée Glynne (miscellaneous crew), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Arlene Phillips (miscellaneous crew), David Campling (editor), Joshua Sinclair (writer), Joshua Sinclair (producer), Patrick Newell (actor), Ava Cadell (actress), Edward de Souza (actor), Tony Sibbald (actor), Paul Cowan (producer), Dinny Powell (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Dana Andrews (actor), Stanley Baker (actor), Cec Linder (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), Derren Nesbitt (actor), Donald Pleasence (actor), Vladek Sheybal (actor), Geraldine Chaplin (actress), George H. Brown (producer), Aharon Ipalé (actor), Alan Pattillo (editor), Howard Goorney (actor), Sue Lloyd (actress), Tom Bowman (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime,Estos videos no son mios, sino que los he encontrado en diversos sitios de internet y los he subido todos en un mismo canal para que sean encontrados mas facilmente por los seguidores de Asimov. These videos are not mine, but I found them on various websites and I uploaded all on the same channel to them to be found more easily by followers of Asimov. Ces vidéos ne sont a de moi, mais je les ai trouve sur divers sites Web et je téléchargés tous sur le même site pour qu'ils soient trouvés plus facilement par les adeptes de Asimov.
Read by Garrick Hagon Timetable 9:25 Chapter 1: Robbie 1:02:25 Chapter 2: Runaround 1:49:20 Chapter 3: Reason 2:39:13 Chapter 4: Catch That Rabbit 3:29:29 Chapter 5: Liar 4:17:29 Chapter 6: Little Lost Robot 5:26:24 Chapter 7: Escape 6:23:45 Chapter 8: Evidence 7:26:56 Chapter 9: The Evitable Conflict I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov. Published in 1950.
"In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the solar system to create its own renegade utopia around an unknown red star two light-years from Earth: a star named Nemesis. Now a fifteen-year-old Rotorian girl has learned of the dire threat that nemesis poses to Earth's people--but she is prevented from warning them. Soon she will realize that Nemesis endangers Rotor as well. And so it will be up to her alone to save both Earth and Rotor as--drawn inexorably by Nemesis, the death star--they hurtle toward certain disaster."
Isaac Asimov (/ˈaɪzək ˈæzɨməv/ eye-zək az-i-məv; born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, Russian: Исаак Юдович Озимов; Yiddish: אייזיק יודאָוויטש אסימאוו[citation needed]; c. January 2, 1920[1] -- 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.[2] 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).[3] Asimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinl...
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What may have started as a science fiction speculation—that perhaps the universe as we know it is a computer simulation—has become a serious line of theoretical and experimental investigation among physicists, astrophysicists, and philosophers. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, hosts and moderates a panel of experts in a lively discussion about the merits and shortcomings of this provocative and revolutionary idea. The 17th annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate took place at The American Museum of Natural History on April 5, 2016. 2016 Asimov Panelists: David Chalmers Professor of philosophy, New York University Zohreh Davoudi Theoretical physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Gates Theoretical physicist, University of Maryland ...
Foundation Audiobook Foundation is the first novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). Foundation is a cycle of .
This public domain radio show was downloaded from https://archive.org/details/IsaacAsimovFoundation6Of864kb Each section time mark is listed below. Section 1) 0:00 Psychohistory and Encyclopedia Section 2) 1:00:13 The Mayors Section 3) 1:56:15 The Merchant Princes Section 4) 2:54:14 The General Section 5) 3:49:47 The Mule Section 6) 4:49:32 Flight From The Mule Section 7) 5:50:04 The Mule Finds Section 8) 6:50:34 Star's End The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (Full Version) Dramatized SF Classic, Science Fiction, Radio Show, Audiobook
This was recorded in 1988. He also explains why some people who think that we should abandon science are wrong and how scientific worldview is the best.
Sy Bourgin Interviews Isaac Asimov, Biochemist And Science Fiction Writer. Mr. Asimov May Be The Most Widely Read Of All Science Fiction Writers, Having Written 155 Books And Hundreds Of Magazine Articles And Short Stories. A Clip Of "Fantastic Voyage," Based On His Book, Is Inserted In The Program. Viewers Will Find This Interview Provocative In Regard To What Mr. Asimov Has To Say About Writing And The Future Of This Earth. National Archives And Records Administration Interview With Isaac Asimov U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) Arc Identifier 54491 / Local Identifier 306.9415. Click to subscribe! http://bit.ly/subAIRBOYD The most viewed aviation channel on YouTube.
Isaac Asimov predicted the Internet of today 20 years ago
Isaac Asimov Interview with Bill Moyers (1988) Firsrly he mention about his ideas of future studies with his book "As far as the human eye can see." Later he goes in more details of how to cultivate a passion for learning. Really interesting and inspiring man. Wished i had the privilege to meet him in the same time period 😇. To see full video look for World of Ideas by Isaac Asimov or just search for Bill Moyers.
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920[1] April 6, 1992; originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов), was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, 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 9,000 letters and postcards.[2] His works have been published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (the sole exception being the 100s; philosophy and psychology).[3] Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime.[4] Asimov...
How computers can speed up the process of self learning.