Isaac Asimov

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Aliases:
Paul French
Born:
Jan. 1, 1920
Died:
April 6, 1992

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Asimov was born sometime between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi in Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia), the son of a Jewish family of millers. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2. His family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York and opened a candy store when he was three years old. He taught himself to read at the age of five. He began reading the science fiction pulp magazines that his family's store carried. Around the age of eleven, he began to write his own stories, and by age nineteen, he was selling them to the science fiction magazines. He graduated from Columbia University in 1939. He married Gertrude Blugerman in 1942. During World War II he worked as a civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Naval Air Experimental Station. After the war, he returned to Columbia University and earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1948. He then joined the faculty of the Boston University School of Medicine until 1958, when he became a full-time writer. His first novel, Pebble in the Sky, was published in 1950. He and his wife divorced in 1973, and he married Janet O. Jeppson …

Books by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov: Nightfall (1969, Doubleday)

Nightfall

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Isaac Asimov: Foundation (2004, Bantam Books)

Foundation

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Isaac Asimov: Second Foundation (1991, Spectra)

Second Foundation

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Isaac Asimov: The Caves of Steel (Hardcover, 1991, Turtleback Books)

The Caves of Steel

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Isaac Asimov: Civilta   extraterrestri (Italian language, 1994, Mondadori)

Civilta extraterrestri

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Isaac Asimov: Foundation and Earth (Paperback, 2004, Spectra)

Foundation and Earth

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Isaac Asimov: Foundation's Edge (Paperback, 1985, Granada)

Foundation's Edge

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Isaac Asimov: Second Foundation (1986, Del Rey)

Second Foundation

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Isaac Asimov: The Caves of Steel (1997, Granada) No rating

The Caves of Steel

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Isaac Asimov: Foundation and Empire (2004, Bantam Books)

Foundation and Empire

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Isaac Asimov: Prelude to Foundation No rating

Prelude to Foundation

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Isaac Asimov: Los Robots Del Amanecer (Paperback, Spanish language)

Los Robots Del Amanecer

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Isaac Asimov: I robot e l'impero (Paperback, Italian language, 1996, Mondadori)

I robot e l'impero

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Isaac Asimov: The Naked Sun (Paperback, 1991, Spectra)

The Naked Sun

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