Isaac Asimov

American writer and professor

1920   -   1992

genre: science fiction
country of citizenship: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, United States of America, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
native language: Yiddish
educated at: Columbia University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University School of General Studies
occupation: biochemist, novelist, prosaist, autobiographer, science fiction writer, science writer, screenwriter, non-fiction writer, university teacher, journalist
award received: Hugo Award, James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry, Humanist of the Year, Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Klumpke-Roberts Award, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Locus Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Retro Hugo Award, Cosmos 2000 Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Isaac Asimov (; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who 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. Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, Asimov 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 set in earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. Later, with Foundation and Earth (1986), he linked this distant future to the Robot 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 novelette "Nightfall"; in 1964, it was voted the best short science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. Most of his popular science books explain concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. Examples include Guide to Science, the three-volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. He wrote on numerous other scientific and non-scientific topics, such as chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, history, biblical exegesis, and literary criticism. He was president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, a crater on the planet Mars, a Brooklyn elementary school, and a literary award are named in his honor.
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