Past, Present, and Future

Past, Present, and Future
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 392
Release :
ISBN-10 : UVA:X001216474
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Past, Present, and Future by : Isaac Asimov

Download or read book Past, Present, and Future written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Past, Present, and Future, Asimov has culled the best of his essays (some of which appear here for the first time) to form a fascinating journey through the world of astronomy, nuclear power, medicine, physics, history, music, film, politics, and other popular subjects. Our preeminent popularizer of science, Asimov takes on many of today's most discussed issues here - Star Wars, the Chernobyl disaster, genetic engineering, the creationism/evolution debate - with a flair, verve, and mastery that have won him innumerable readers. But he also includes many essays written in a personal vein, giving us disarmingly humorous accounts of his triple-bypass surgery and his "Hollywood Non-Career." An entertaining look at Asimov's committment to living in New York City (which he calls "Paradise") is afforded in "I Love New York." On a grand tour of the years ahead, in chapters like "Living on the Moon," "2084," "Should We Fear the Computer?" and "The New Learning," we are shown a future that is thrilling, fearsome, and, as the author insists, our present responsibility. Destined to take its place on the shelves of every Asimov fan, Past, Present, and Future is at once rational, argumentative, informal, and charming.


Past, Present, and Future Related Books

Past, Present, and Future
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Isaac Asimov
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Past, Present, and Future, Asimov has culled the best of his essays (some of which appear here for the first time) to form a fascinating journey through the
Hawaiian Language
Language: en
Pages: 382
Authors: Albert J. Schütz
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, Hawaiian Language: Past, Present, Future presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely t
Time to Learn about Past, Present & Future
Language: en
Pages: 24
Authors: Pam Scheunemann
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-01-01 - Publisher: Sandcastle

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Discusses how time relates to past, present, and future as well as what people have done, are doing, and will do.
The State
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Bob Jessop
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-29 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the t
Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future
Language: en
Pages: 203
Authors: Jason Epstein
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-07 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"An irresistible book about Grub Street, authorship and the literary marketplace."—Washington Post Book World Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative