For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, 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 an...
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, 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 future 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.
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 work...
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.
Asimov was a long-time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs" He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, NY elementary school, and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are named in his honor.
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0 有用 遲訥 2015-05-18 07:20:15
看完忘记标注了。看得很痛苦，在地铁上日复一日愚公移山一样地啃。不过好在是懵懂看完了。我不想找借口说这本书词汇太艰深，只想对自己说，加紧学外语吧亲。
0 有用 劳勃·拜拉席恩 2015-04-21 19:49:32
回顾和补完。读到最后作者小传的时候突然又感动又开心，伟大的人。
0 有用 潜入深水的鬼魂 2012-10-17 13:35:58
I enjoyed it immensely, but it really bugs me that there are almost no female characters.
0 有用 Moooew 2013-06-03 17:28:44
看不下去，它难道和《白夜行》有共通之处，都是开头挺有意思，后来就不知道在说什么了。
1 有用 粉红色大象 2012-09-03 03:01:42
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
1 有用 当Yaz如是说 2024-03-25 15:42:05 江苏
怎么也没想要会在一本美国科幻小说里读到老子的无为而治的实践。哈哈哈哈
0 有用 Siyuan 2024-01-12 21:54:49 美国
以2024年的眼光看好像很多危机已经发生在了现实世界，不知道当时有多震撼
0 有用 GWK 2023-12-09 17:17:54 上海
读完第三本，补一下第一本的标记。鸿篇巨制由此发端（虽然从写作顺序上好像并非如此）！太棒了！
0 有用 大脸喵 2023-08-25 16:06:31 辽宁
看了两个多月，完全看不明白，对自己的英语水平极其不自信ing。这一本看完就拉倒了，剩下6本再见。
0 有用 HowTalentedIAm 2023-05-06 11:31:27 广东
【拾遗】点子很牛，但文笔不太好。心理史学放在现在仍不算过时。