Best Selling Books by Isaac Asimov

Basic concepts of algebra are introduced which leads to discussion of quadratic and cubic equations, simultaneous equations as well as imaginary & transcendental numbers.

First published in 1951, Fundacion won the prestigious Hugo Award in 1965 for its breathtaking vision of a future where planet Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Only one psycho-historian and mathematician can foresee the imminent, catastrophic plunge into a new Dark Age that is facing human kind. In order to preserve our past and present, he concocts a scheme to save the knowledge of the race in an Encyclopedia Galactica.

Introduces the solar system and the specific characteristics of its nine planets.

The last Isaac Asimov science fiction collection which contains all of his previously uncollected stories. Gold is Isaac Asimov''s last science fiction collection, one containing all of his uncollected SF stories that had never before appeared in book form. Gold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-five year career of science fiction''s transcendent genius, the world-famous author who defined the field of SF for its practitioners, for its millions of readers, and for the world at large. The stories collected here for the first time range from the humorous to the profound, for Asimov was engaged until the end of his days in the work of redefining and expanding the boundaries of the literature he loved, and indeed, helped create. And there is more. For at the heart of this extraordinary compendium is the title story, "Gold," a moving and revealing drama about a writer who gambles everything on a chance at immortality-a gamble Asimov himself made. And won.

Twenty science fiction stories cover a diversity of subjects.

A collection of early science fiction drafts consisting of three items: Grow Old With Me, the original version of the novel Pebble in the Sky, never published in this form ; "The End of Eternity", an unpublished 20,000 word novella that was extensively revised before appearing as the novel The End of Eternity ; "Belief", two versions of a short story.

This complete Spanish translation of the highly acclaimed Isaac Asimov''s 21st Century Library of the Universe is ideal for students still developing their English-language skills.

Three thousand unusual facts are grouped in almost 100 categories, including "About Kings," "America''s Revolution," "Animal World," "Energy" "Into the Air," "Laws," "Military Secrets," "Solar System," and "Words."

Classic science fiction from an acclaimed master of the genre. On the planet Solaria robots outnumber the strictly controlled human population by twenty to one. A visitor from Earth involved in a murder investigation offers a perspective on a society in which personal contact is avoided & communication is by holographic telepresence.

Describes scientists'' attempts to find out how life began, including such topics as spontaneous generation and evolution.

Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth--but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth''s survival.

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind''s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun--or fight them and be destroyed.

The master of science fiction speculates about life on other planets... "Intriguing"--"Publishers Weekly"