segregationist by i.asimov
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Born:
Died:
Isaak Yudovich Ozimov
January 2, 1920
Petrovichi
Byelorussian SSR
April 6, 1992
New York, USA
Master ofhard science fiction,
Professor of biochemistry atBoston University
popular science books
He wrote more than 500 books .
Isaac AsimovRobert A. HeinleinArthur C. Clarke
made“Big three”science fiction writersduring his lifetime
Petrovichi, Smolensk Oblast
Mother:
Father:
Anna Rachel Berman
Judah Asimov
He comes from a Jewish family of millers .The family name derives from
siblings:He had two youngerozimiye (озимые)a sister Marcia (1922)a brother Stanley (1929)
His family immigrated to
when he was 3 years old.
New York, Brooklyn
His parents always spoke Yiddish and English.
He never learnt Russian.
His parents owned a succession ofcandy stores and everyone in the
family was expected to work in them.
Asimov attendedNY City Public Schools in Brooklyn.
At the age of 11 he wrote his first science fiction story.
He went on to Seth Low Junior College for 2 years.
At the age of 16 he studies Columbia University.
Chemistry
Then he started his
in
post graduate coursein Biochemistry.during the World War llHe spent 3 years
At Philadelphia Navy Yard’s Naval Air Experimental Station.
In 1945 year he served in the Army for a year.
He returned in New York
to continue his post graduate education in Columbia University
In 1948 year he earned a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry and joined the Medicine faculty of Boston University.
In 1951 yearIn 1955 yearIn 1979 year
In 1958 year
he became an assistant professor.he is an associate professor.he is a full professor.
he turned to writing full-time.
Asimov marriedOn July 26, 1942 Gertrude Blugerman.
David (1951)Son:
Robyn Joan (1955)Daughter:
they separated.
In 1973 they divorced.
He married Janet O. Jeppson.
In 1970
On April 6, 1992 he died in New York.
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Limericks
(1967)
Segregationist is a person who shares the idea of keeping apart people of different groups, races etc .
Robotics
Positronic
Psychohistory
is the science of designing and building robots.
is an entirely fictional technology.
is a study on historical motivation.
First:
Second:
Third:
Zeroth:
A Robot may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
A Robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A Robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection doesn’t conflict with the First and the Second Law.
A Robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction allow humanity to come to harm.