Most of his popular 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. The prolific Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much non-fiction.
Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. He wrote many 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.
Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. 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. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. His works have been published in all ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (although his only work in the 100s-which covers philosophy and psychology-was a foreword for The Humanist Way).Īsimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Asimov was 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. Janu– April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Isaac Asimov (born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, c.