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Profession - A Sciene Fiction Story

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About the author:

Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Professor Asimov is generally considered 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. He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (lacking only an entry in the 100s category of Philosophy).

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. 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 penned numerous 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, a title many still honor. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of nonfiction. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.

Most of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery.

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Quotes from Isaac Asimov:

“There is a cult of ignorance in America and always has been. The threat of anti-intellectualism has been a constant running through our political and cultural lives, fueled by the mistaken assumption that democracy means, "My ignorance is worth as much as your knowledge." — Isaac Asimov

"To me, writing is simply thinking through my fingers." — Isaac Asimov

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science is accumulating knowledge faster than society is accumulating wisdom." — Isaac Asimov

"People who think they know everything are a great nuisance to those of us who do." — Isaac Asimov

"Each planet is 'Earth' to those who live on it." — Isaac Asimov
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Reviews from readers:

"An absolutely wonderful take on education and knowledge. This story winds into unexpected pathways with subtle suspense that is overshadowed by the curious questions shared by reader and narrator. But in the end everything made sense." - Alice

"I remember LOVING this novella when I read it in middle school. So much so that all I remember about it is loving it. I can tell you nothing else about it. But if I can still look back on it as a pivotal book that I read at that time period, then it must have been a good one. I've read other Asimov, and this is still the one I talk about loving, so I'll give it four stars for being important, well-written, and lasting." - Leah Angstman

"This novella is awesome. Top #1 in my personal list." - Anastasiia Kornilova

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Documentation about Isaac Asimov on arte (in German) :
t1p.de/arte-asimov

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