He was the president of the American Humanist Association. He wrote on numerous other scientific and non-scientific topics, such as chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, history, biblical exegesis, and literary criticism. Examples include Guide to Science, the three-volume Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. Most of his popular science books explain concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. He also wrote over 380 short stories, including the social science fiction novelette ' Nightfall', which in 1964 was voted the best short science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Later, with Foundation and Earth (1986), he linked this distant future to the Robot series, creating a unified ' future history' for his works. The Galactic Empire novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. His other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much non-fiction.Īsimov's most famous work is the Foundation series, the first three books of which won the one-time Hugo Award for 'Best All-Time Series' in 1966. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards.

A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the 'Big Three' science fiction writers, along with Robert A.

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