In 1949, book publisher doubledays science fiction editor walter i. The asimov books average 70,000 words, he has written 108 of them the last. In the matteroffact way in which he writes, he puts it thus. Karel capek, a czech writer, gave us robot when he used the word in a play in 1921. The first edition of the novel was published in november 1st 1970, and was written by isaac asimov.
Isaac asimov, american author and biochemist, a highly successful and prolific writer of science fiction and science books for the layperson. It hardly comes as a surprise then, that the brain of asimov was overflowing with facts, statistics, and millions of trivial tidbits. Isaac asimov was an american author and biochemist best known for his science fiction books. Dictionarycomdownload manual definition of manual at dictionarycom ebook pdf. But three days had passed, and i only had facts about dr calvins working life. Here are some of the intriguing facts you will find in this book. Derived from a slavic term for a slave, the word described manlike. Within the pages of isaac asimovs book of facts are many hours of entertaining and informative readinglittleknown facts that will make you exclaim, time and again, i didnt know that. Isaac asimov was born in russia, on january 2nd, 1920. Book of facts by isaac asimov free ebook download as pdf file. Isaac asimov was born isaac yudovich ozimov at some time between october 4 th, 1919 and january 2 nd, 1920 in petrovichi, russian sfsr to anna rachel berman asimov and judah asimov.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 339 pages and is available in paperback format. Isaacasimovsot537312020 adobe acrobat reader dcdownload. Portable document format pdf is a file format developed by adobe in the 1990s to present. Emperor caligula appointed his favorite horse as a. Depending on the counting convention used, and including all titles, charts, and edited collections, there may be currently over 500 books in isaac asimovs bibliography as well as his individual short stories, individual essays, and criticism. Isaac asimov was unquestionably one of americas greatest scientific writersfrom his mind came the aweinspiring foundation trilogy and the classic i, robot. Ian rated it liked it dec 14, cover of the first edition, published by doubleday. The main characters of this science fiction, fiction story are sheerin 501, siferra 89. Isaac asimovs death on april 6, was a great loss to literature, science, and freethought. Free download or read online nightfall pdf epub book. The title story is about susan calvins discovery of a robot with rather disturbing dreams.
In a 1988 interview, he explained that it rested on the fact that. See all 10 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Bradbury accepted asimovs unpublished grow old with me 40,000 words, but requested. It was an ethos he promoted through 20 million printed words. Within the pages ofisaac asimovs book of factsare many hours of entertaining and informative readinglittleknown facts that will make you exclaim, time and.
I, robot, a collection of nine short stories by sciencefiction writer isaac asimov that. The vision of one of americas most prolific authors is unmatched. Some difficult words and phrases in this book are important for understanding the. This article needs additional citations for verification. Isaac asimovs death on april 6, was a great loss to the world of literary science and freethought. For his 100th, 200th, and 300th books based on his personal count, asimov published opus 100 1969, opus 200 1979, and opus 300 1984.
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