They emigrated to the United States when he was three years old since the parents always spoke Yiddish and English with their son, he never learned Russian. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are all named in his honor.Īsimov was born around Janu(his date of birth for official purposes-the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi shtetl of Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia) to Anna Rachel Berman Asimov and Judah Asimov, a Jewish family of millers.

He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. Examples of this style include his Asimov's Chronology Of Science and Discovery.Īsimov was a long-time member of Mensa, albeit reluctantly he described them as 'intellectually combative'. He often gives nationalities, birth dates and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Most of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going back as far as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. Clarke, was considered to be one of the 'Big Three' science-fiction writers during his lifetime.

Asimov was by consensus a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Asimov wrote or edited more than 500 volumes and an estimated 90,000 letters or postcards, and he has works in every major category of the Dewey Decimal System except Philosophy. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of non-fiction. Asimov's most famous work is the Robot series. January 2, 1920- April 6, 1992, was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Isaac Asimov is the author of books such as Foundation.

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