Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was one of the most acclaimed, prolific, and influential science-fiction authors of the 20th century. Unlike many of his contemporaries, though, Asimov was also a scientist, teaching biochemistry at Boston University and writing scores of books on astronomy, physics, chemistry, and biology. Not content with that breadth, Asimov also wrote extensively on key periods in Western history, and he even knocked out a few...Continue Reading