Isaac Asimov: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Isaac Asimov:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia in 1920. He was awarded a PhD in Biochemistry in 1948 and joined the faculty of Boston University. He started writing science fiction in 1939. He wrote:

"at the age of nine, he found the love of his life (in the inanimate sense) when he discovered his first science-fiction magazine. By the time he was eleven, he began to write stories, and at eighteen, he actually worked up the nerve to submit one. It was rejected. After four long months of tribulation and suffering, he sold his first story and, thereafter, he never looked back."

His extraordinary output comprises some 500 volumes on every conceivable subject. His most famous science fiction works include the Foundation trilogy and I, Robot.

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Visi-Sonor - emotional brain multi-media An entertainment device which appeared to create both sound and light by acting directly on brain cells. It also stimulated emotions directly.	Foundation and Empire (1952)
Wall-Light The walls of a room provide illumination.	Foundation and Empire (1952)
Wandering Sunless Planet A planet that is not bound to a star.	Dead Hand (1946)
Yeast Steak Growing custom strains of yeast as food.	The Evitable Conflict (1950)
Yeast-Culture Vats Using cultured yeast as the basis for food production.	Caves of Steel (1953)

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