(1920 — 1992)
American (Russian-born) biochemist, author, science fiction novelist, popularizer of science, and scholar.
Wrote short stories "Marooned Off Vesta" 1939, "Nightfall" 1941, "Runaround" 1942 (including 1st statement of Three Laws of Robotics), "The Ugly Little Boy" 1958, novels "Pebble in the Sky" 1950, "The Stars, Like Dust" 1951, Foundation series ("Foundation" 1951, "Foundation and Empire" 1952, "Second Foundation" 1953, "Foundation's Edge" 1982, "Foundation and Earth" 1986, "Prelude to Foundation" 1988), "The Caves of Steel" 1954, "The End of Eternity" 1955, "The Naked Sun" 1957, "Fantastic Voyage" 1966, "The Gods Themselves" 1972, "Murder at the ABA" 1976, "Nemesis" 1989, short story collections "I, Robot" 1950, "Tales of the Black Widowers" 1974, "Robot Dreams" 1986, "Azazel" 1988, nonfiction "The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science" 1960, "Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology" 1964 (revised edition 1972, 2nd revised edition 1982), 3-volume "Understanding Physics" 1966, 2-volume "Asimov's Guide to the Bible" 1968—1969, 2-volume "Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare" 1970, autobiographies "In Memory Yet Green" 1979, "In Joy Still Felt" 1980, "I. Asimov: A Memoir" 1994
Developed Three Laws of Robotics
Coined words "robotics" and "positronic"
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