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He wrote or edited about 500 volumes, of which the most famous are those in the foundation and robot series. In a writing career spanning 53 years 19391992, science fiction and popular science author isaac asimov 19201992 wrote and published 40 novels, 382 short stories, over 280 nonfiction books, and edited about 147 others in this article, asimovs books are listed by year in order of. As a general reference book, the dewey decimal classification includes it in 031 general encyclopedic works the book is divided into seventyseven chapters, each with a few dozen facts related to the chapter title. Isaak yudovick ozimov was born in petrovichi, russia on 2nd january 1920 to parents anna rachel berman and judah ozimov. See the fact file below for more information on the isaac asimov or alternatively, you can download our 22page isaac asimov worksheet. If you are planning on scoring big on who wants to be a millionaire. He wrote and edited about 500 volumes, of which the most famous are those in the foundation and robot series. Isaac asimov was an american author and biochemist, a highly successful and prolific writer of science fiction and of 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. Within the pages of isaac asimovs book of facts are. Isaac asimovs book of facts by isaac asimov goodreads.
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