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by Isaac Asimov

Second book in the Foundation trilogy; surely you can't put it down now! The flaws in the Seldon plan are beginning to show; how will the galaxy find peace? (Also, take a look at the inventive ideas from Asimov's first and third books in the trilogy - Foundation and Second Foundation.)

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MusicPad Pro: Digital Sheet Music File Player
   You can store your entire music library on this device, using digital sheet music brought in from music composition programs and even scanned sheet music files.

Machine Prints Lights In Sheets
   Even though these won't fit in any of those 20 billion light sockets, sheets of light are worth looking at.

Liquid Semiconductor Nuclear Battery Big As A Penny
   You might have trouble believing that a nuclear battery could be no larger than a dime, even if you didn't study under the great Bler at the University of Trantor.

Habitable Planet Gliese 581g Is A 'Ribbon World'
   Asimov described planets like this one as 'ribbon worlds' and extolled the virtues of their unusual microclimates.

Nth Lights From NthDegree Are 'Printed Lights'
   Let there be light, and let it be flat.

Lightpaper Way Thinner Than OLED
   'You have this on Siwenna?'- Isaac Asimov, 1952.

Habitability Of Galactic Bulge - Good News For Foundation Fans
   'Toran resigned himself to days of careful plotting between Jumps.'- Isaac Asimov, 1955.

Could Aliens Shelter In 'Terminator Zones' on 'Ribbon World' Exoplanets?
   '... the two halves face the monotonous extremes of heat and cold, while the region of possible life is the girdling ribbon of the twilight zone.' - Isaac Asimov, 1945.

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