Isaac Asimov
2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry, born in Russia and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote or edited hundreds of books, including the Foundation series and the robot stories that introduced the Three Laws of Robotics, alongside a large body of popular science writing. He taught at Boston University School of Medicine while building a career as one of the most prolific authors of the twentieth century.
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Life events
Asimov was born to a Jewish family; the exact date was uncertain and he observed 2 January as his birthday.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Asimovs settled in Brooklyn, New York, where his parents ran a series of candy stores.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis story Marooned Off Vesta appeared in Amazing Stories while he was an undergraduate at Columbia University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAsimov worked as a chemist at the Naval Air Experimental Station alongside Robert A. Heinlein and L. Sprague de Camp.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple had two children and divorced in 1973.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his doctorate after military service and postgraduate study interrupted by the war.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe taught biochemistry and kept his university association for the rest of his life, later as professor.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe collection gathered his robot stories and the Three Laws of Robotics into a single volume.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFoundation, Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation collected his magazine serials into books.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAsimov died at the age of 72 from complications of HIV, contracted through a blood transfusion during heart surgery in 1983.
Source: en.wikipedia.org