"Theres nothing like deduction. Weve determined everything about our problem but the solution."
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and
View all quotes by Isaac Asimov"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today — but the core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all."
Isaac Asimov"Self-preservation has frequently knuckled under to that tremendous yearning to ‘get even.’"
Isaac Asimov"A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."
Isaac Asimov"Printing will tell you such useful things and such interesting things that not being able to read would be as bad as not being able to see."
Isaac Asimov"“There’s danger of violence?” “The Fundamentalists threaten it, so I suppose there is, in a theoretical sense. But I don’t really expect it. The Fundies have no real power. They’re just the continuous irritant factor that might stir up a riot after a while.”"
Isaac Asimov"History is a story without an end."
Isaac Asimov