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The Roving Mind

Book by Isaac Asimov; Prometheus Books, 1997

Subjects:

Science--Miscellanea

Collections: Entire Library

THE ROVING MIND ISAAC ASIMOV THE ROVING MIND PREFACE BY...The Roving Mind . 1983 by Isaac Asimov. All rights reserved.No part of this...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 The roving mind / Isaac...
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Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer

Book by Michael White; Perseus Books, 1999

Subjects:

Alchemy--Influence, Newton, Isaac--Sir--1642-1727, Newton, Isaac--Sir--1642-1727--Influence, Physicists--Great Britain--Biography, Physics--History, Science--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Unknown to all but a few, Newton was a practicing alchemist who dabbled in the occult, a tortured, obsessive character who searched for an understanding of the universe by whatever means possible. Sympathetic yet balanced, Michael White's Isaac Newton offers a revelatory picture of a genius who ...
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Unknown to all but a few, Newton was a practicing alchemist who dabbled in the occult, a tortured, obsessive character who searched for an understanding of the universe by whatever means possible. Sympathetic yet balanced, Michael White's Isaac Newton offers a revelatory picture of a genius who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.
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Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography

Book by Ruth Nadelman Lynn; Bowker, 1995

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

Indespensible for maintaining a strong fantasy collection, this classic guide features more than 4,800 fantasy novels and story collections that have been reviewed and recommended by at least two leading journals. New to this edition are: 1,500 new fantasy novels and collections 4,000 new sources in ...
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Indespensible for maintaining a strong fantasy collection, this classic guide features more than 4,800 fantasy novels and story collections that have been reviewed and recommended by at least two leading journals. New to this edition are: 1,500 new fantasy novels and collections 4,000 new sources in the research guide, which includes more than 10,500 articles, books, and disserations five new review sources added to the 24 previously cited recommendation symbols that denote superior quality numbered entries for quick reference and an expanded Subject Index Ten topical chapters range from Allegorical Fantasy and Literary Fairy Tales to Witchraft and Sorcery. Each annotated title includes extensive bibliographic references, along with reading level, major awards won, recommendation symbols, and review citations.
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The Way to Ground Zero: The Atomic Bomb in American Science Fiction

Book by Martha A. Bartter; Greenwood Press, 1988

Subjects:

Atomic Bomb In Literature, Nuclear Warfare In Literature, Science Fiction, American--History And Criticism, War Stories, American--History And Criticism, World War, 1939-1945--Literature And The War

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Bartter surveys 250 American science-fiction stories, and American SF novels--with occasional overlaps of stories made into episodic novels--that have some relationship, often direct, sometimes marginal, to atomic weapons and their effects. . . . Highly recommended for popular literature collections." Choice
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When World Views Collide: A Study in Imagination and Evolution

Book by John J. Pierce; Greenwood Press, 1989

Subjects:

Fiction, Science Fiction--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Science fiction has evolved and diverged in many ways and moods. When World Views Collide is the third and final volume in a history of the genre that began with Foundations of Science Fiction and continued in Great Themes of Science Fiction. The conflicts in science fiction are conflicts about ...
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Science fiction has evolved and diverged in many ways and moods. When World Views Collide is the third and final volume in a history of the genre that began with Foundations of Science Fiction and continued in Great Themes of Science Fiction. The conflicts in science fiction are conflicts about world views, which Pierce defines as fundamental beliefs about the nature of man, the universe, and man's place in the universe. Pierce presents each world view in science fiction on its own terms, as expressed in the works of its partisans. This final volume of the trilogy thus examines science fiction as a way of defining and delimiting humanity and human values, which may well be the most important aspect of the genre today.
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Journal Articles on: isaac asimov

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For the Extended Family and the Universe: Judith Merril and Science Fiction Autobiography

Journal article by Dianne Newell, Jenea Tallentire; Biography, Vol. 30, 2007

Subjects:

Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (Autobiography)--Authorship, Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (Autobiography)--Criticism and interpretation, Merril, Judith--Works, Science fiction writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...by "Golden Age" authors such as Isaac Asimov and Frederick Pohl. In the August...br/ Gillespie singles out Isaac Asimovs "peculiar" autobiography as much...works her fellow male Futurians Isaac Asimov, Fred Pohl, and Damon Knight published...
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Van Horn's Rules

Journal article by Royal Van Horn; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 89, 2007

Subjects:

Educational technology--Laws, regulations and rules, Educational technology--Usage, Instructional materials--Design and construction, Instructional materials--Technology application, Teachers--Practice, Teachers--Technology application, Teaching--Design and construction, Teaching--Equipment and supplies, Teaching--Technology application

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Van Horn WARREN Buffetts first rule is "Never lose money." His second rule is "Never break rule 1." Years ago, Isaac Asimov issued three rules for the robots in his book I, Robot. His first rule was "Never harm a human being." If these people...
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Frankenstein and the Reprobate's Conscience

Journal article by Jane Goodall; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 31, 1999

Subjects:

Conscience--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Frankenstein (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Science in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shelley, Mary--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...What Isaac Asimov termed "the Frankenstein complex...Machines (London: Cassell, 1992). Isaac Asimov invents the term "the Frankenstein...Introduction to Machines That Think, ed. Isaac Asimov, Patricia Warrick and Martin Greenberg...
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Creation Science: Newspeak before Its Time

Journal article by Delos B. Mckown; ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 63, 2006

Subjects:

Biblical cosmology--Study and teaching, Christian organizations--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Christian organizations--Political activity, Cosmology, Biblical--Study and teaching, Creationism--Study and teaching

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...formulation of the second law, Isaac Asimov writes that our sun is indeed running...entropy prevents evolution and Isaac Asimov of the School of Medicine at Boston...March, 1979), pp. 199-200. 9. Isaac Asimov, "The Threat of Creationism," The...
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Heinlein and Ellis: Converging Competencies

Journal article by Steve Stockdale; ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 64, 2007

Subjects:

Authors--Appreciation, Ellis, Albert--Appreciation, General semantics--Appreciation, Heinlein, Robert A.--Appreciation, Korzybski, Alfred--Influence, Philosophers--Influence, Psychologists--Appreciation, Writers--Appreciation

Collections: Entire Library

...Heinlein. Heinlein is generally acknowledged as one of the four great American science fiction writers, along with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke. Among his most notable books are Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land...

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Magazine Articles on: isaac asimov

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Isaac Asimov: A One-Man Renaissance

Magazine article by Bette Chambers; The Humanist, Vol. 53, March 1993

Subjects:

Asimov, Isaac--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Science fiction--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Isaac Asimov: A One-Man Renaissance. by Bette Chambers When Isaac Asimov died on April 6, 1992, the national media...and praise, not one mention was made of Isaac Asimovs presidency of the American Humanist Association...
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The Legacy of Isaac Asimov

Magazine article by Pat Duffy Hutcheon; The Humanist, Vol. 53, March 1993

Subjects:

Asimov, Isaac--Appreciation, Science fiction--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

The Legacy of Isaac Asimov. by Pat Duffy Hutcheon...largely because, during his lifetime, Isaac Asimov made a major contribution to solving...world defined by Bronze Age tribalism. Isaac Asimov devoted his life to changing this alarming...
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Adventures in Organization Building: Adding Star Power to Futuring: Isaac Asimov, Margaret Mead, and Gerald Ford Were among the Luminaries Recruited for Various Meetings and Programs That Were Launched to Help the Struggling Young World Future Society Meet Ever More Pressing Challenges, Recounts the Founding President in the Fifth Installment of His Memoirs

Magazine article by Edward Cornish; The Futurist, Vol. 41, September 2007

Subjects:

Associations, institutions, etc.--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Associations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Mead, Margaret, Societies--Conferences, meetings and seminars, World Future Society--Conferences, meetings and seminars

Collections: Entire Library

...Star Power to Futuring: Isaac Asimov, Margaret Mead, and Gerald...one of whose clients was Isaac Asimov, a science and sciencefiction...admired. Patricia persuaded Isaac to speak to the New York...a private dinner with Asimov before he made his speech...
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Invitation to a Private Virtual Reality

Magazine article by Jennifer Bardi; The Humanist, Vol. 66, November 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Bardi Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing BY JANET JEPPSON...Asimovs lively Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing are most definitely...Many anecdotes are retold from Isaac Asimovs autobiography Its Been a Good Life...
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We're All Different

Magazine article by Kinnama Danie E.; Curriculum Administrator, Vol. 37, June 2001

Subjects:

Asimov, Isaac--Addresses, essays, lectures, Education--Addresses, essays, lectures, In Memory Yet Green (Book)--Excerpts

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Customized curriculum makes more sense for all students Isaac Asimov wrote more than 250 books. Touted for his intelligence...the socialization of school. If nothing else, the young Asimov learned the skills needed to thrive in the society of...

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Newspaper Articles on: isaac asimov

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The Mag Movies: Robot Wars; I, ROBOT (12A)

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), August 8, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...like mobile phones - almost everyone will have one. At least thats the vision of the future in this movie, based on Isaac Asimov stories. The exception to the rule is Del Spooner (Will Smith), a Chicago cop in the year 2035 who, for reasons never...
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What's On: Step into Will's Android Future; MOVIE

Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), August 4, 2004

Subjects:

Adobe Systems Inc., Computer software industry, Software industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...opens with advance previews tomorrow before going on general release on Friday. Based on a book by visionary author Isaac Asimov, the sci-fi thriller is set in the year 2035, when technology and robots are a trusted part of everyday life. Some...
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`Bicentennial Man' So Slow It Rusts: Williams Can't Enliven Robot Longing for Love

Newspaper article by Cynthia Grenier; The Washington Times, December 17, 1999

Subjects:

Williams, Robin

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Davidtz). That might be a shade unfair, but truly not much. Based on the Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg novel "The Positronic Man," which was developed from an Asimov short story, "Bicentennial Man" gets under way in the year 2005, when Sam...
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'I, Robot'; What a Summer Movie Should Be

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 16, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the sweltering summer months. Sprung from the mind of Isaac Asimov, whose short stories told of a day when robots turned...of several thousand suspects in "I, Robot," based on Isaac Asimovs story. NO CREDIT The robot called Sonny (performance...
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Catch an Eclipse for a Natural Sky Show

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 20, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Love Story" by Lisa Desimini - "What is an Eclipse?" by Isaac Asimov - "Eclipses: Natures Blackouts" by Billy Aronson...Sun and the Moon" by Salvatore Tocci - "The Sun" by Isaac Asimov "Whens there going to be an eclipse?" asked Courtland...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: isaac asimov

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Asimov, Isaac

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ASIMOV, ISAAC az mof, 1920 92, American author and scientist, b. Petrovichi, USSR, grad. Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1939; M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1948...
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Science Fiction

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...popularized many important science fiction writers, including Isaac Asimov , Frederic Brown, A. E. van Vogt, Lewis Padgett, Eric...science-fiction writing to emerge since the "classic" work of Asimov, Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke , and Ray Bradbury includes...
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Robot

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...stories since the golem of medieval times, it reached its greatest exposure in popular culture with the work of Isaac Asimov in the 1950s and the motion picture robots Robby in Forbidden Planet (1956) and C-3PO in Star Wars (1977). See...

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