New Releases by Isaac Asimov

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.

Science fiction-roman.

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

Each numbered entry gives short to lengthy biographical information. Chronological arrangement. Most biographies from previous editions have been expanded as new information became available to author. Subject and name index.

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

The second volume of the autobiography of scientist and prolific author, Isaac Asimov.

Asimov''s classic work on the cosmos surveys the history of astronomy, beginning with man''s vision of earth as being flat to recent observations of such phenomena as black holes and optical quasars

The first volume of the autobiography of a prominent scientist and prolific author, covering the first thirty-four years of his life.

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."

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.

Traces American history between 1816 and 1865. Includes the beginnings of political division and the origins and battles of the Civil War.

Collection of 32 essays by Asimov on such subjects as space travel, science fiction, the biological clock and weights and measures.

Essays.

Twenty science fiction stories cover a diversity of subjects.

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