Labels:bulletin board | earth | gazette | person | reckoner | sky OCR: Asimov Isaac: (1920 1992 Respected scientist and best- selling author f science- fiction literat ture who was bom in the former Soviet Union and trained at American institu- tions After receiving graduate degrees from Columbia University, Asimov taught biochemistry at Boston University. His name became familiar ta popular audiences with such science- fiction novels as I, Robot (1950) The Caves of Steel (1 1954 and The Gods Themselves(1973) Written with the layman in mind Asimov introductions to scientific subjects remain extraordinarily influential Although modeled ua nineteenth-century treatises by scientist's like Francois Arago and Camille Flammarion, Asimov's The Intelligent Man' Guide to Science (1960, 1965) Wellsprings of Life (1960), and Th Stars in Their Courses (1971) survey in co ...