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Publication date 1951 topics science fiction collection. The author presents a centralized earth society of the sixtysixth century, in which children are educated by almost instantaneous direct computerbrain. In 1950, he founded science fiction magazine and during his career was the recipient of many awards, including the. Though perhaps best known throughout the world for his science fiction, isaac asimov was also regarded as one of the great explainers of science. The reading aired on the cbs radio workshop in 1956. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards.
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