Knowra Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was an American writer and biochemist whose science fiction includes the Foundation and Robot series, alongside a large body of popular science.
Foundation series : A science-fiction series about the fall of a galactic empire and efforts to shorten the ensuing dark age. This is Asimov’s best-known epic, built around the fictional science of psychohistory.
Columbia University : A private research university in New York City, founded in 1754 as King's College. Asimov studied chemistry there and earned his doctorate in biochemistry.
Robert A. Heinlein : An American science-fiction writer known for novels including Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein and Asimov were leading contemporaries whose contrasting styles shaped the genre.
I, Robot (film) : A 2004 science-fiction film directed by Alex Proyas, loosely inspired by stories in Asimov’s I, Robot. The film reworks Asimov’s robot ideas for a major cinematic action story.
Robot ethics : The study of moral questions raised by the design, use, and behavior of robots. Asimov’s fictional laws became a lasting reference point for debates about machine responsibility.
Robot series : A body of science fiction by Asimov centered on robots, their behavior, and human-robot relations. These stories established many of Asimov’s enduring robot characters and ideas.
John W. Campbell : An American science-fiction editor who led Astounding Science Fiction from 1937 to 1971. Campbell edited and shaped many of Asimov’s early science-fiction stories.
Arthur C. Clarke : A British science-fiction writer and science communicator, co-author of the concept behind 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke and Asimov shared public prominence as writers who explained science to broad audiences.
The Foundation series (Apple TV+) : A television adaptation of Asimov’s Foundation stories, launched by Apple TV+ in 2021. It translates his sprawling galactic history into serialized television.
Science fiction : A genre of speculative fiction concerned with imagined worlds shaped by science, technology, or social change. Asimov helped define the genre’s twentieth-century readership and conventions.
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