Isaac Asimov Biography

Isaac Asimov was a well known prolific writer. The family of Isaac Asimov was immigrated from Russia and settled in the United States. He was a biochemistry professor, meanwhile, he pursued writing.  According to Isaac Asimov Biography, Isaac Asimov published his first novel in 1950, and that was Pebble in the sky. He was a prolific author and he penned nearly 500 books. Scholar Isaac Asimov also published a book with influential sci-fi works like Foundation trilogy and I, Robot. He also published a variety of books in other genres. 

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Early Life and Education Of Isaac Asimov 

Isaac Asimov was born on 2nd January 1920 at  Isaak Yudovick Ozimov in Petrovichi. Anna Rachel Berman was the father of Isaac Asimov. Judah Ozimov was the mother of Isaac Asimov.  When Isaac Asimov was a young age, their family immigrated from France and got settled in the East New York section of Brooklyn. While settling in the US, they changed their family name as Asimov. 

Judah, the mother of Isaac had a series of candy shops on her own. She often calls his son to work in her stores. From a young age, he was fond of learning. When Isaac was at the age of 5, he started learning by himself. During his school days, he learned Yiddish and graduated from high school at the age of 15. Later, he entered in Columbia University for his higher studies. He completed his  Bachelor of Science degree in 1939. Consequently, he got his MA and Ph.D from the same institution. After completed his studies, Isaac Asimov married Gertrude Blugerman. 

In 1949, Isaac Asimov began his career as an Associate professor of biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine. He worked as an associate professor in the same university till 1955. In the late 1970s, he was promoted to professor at the same university. After that, he gave up his full-time teaching and took charge as an occasional lecture.

Books Of Isaac Asimov 

Isaac Asimov was an excellent professor and shown excellent academic reports. During his career, he got passionate to write a book in various genera. The first short story sold by Isaac Asimov in the market was "Marooned Off Vesta". This story was published in Amazing Stories in 1938. In 1950, he wrote and published the sci-fi novel, Pebble in the Sky - the first in a line of titles. Isaac Asimov’s first book was provided great returns from his writing career.

Asimov was known for his hard science fiction. During his period, people named Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke together as “Big Three” science fiction writers. Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series was made his work more popular. In 1966, he received Hugo Award for his first three books as "Best All-Time Series". Isaac Asimov Robot series and "Galactic Empire" series also provided huge income to him. The Galactic Empire novels explained the earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. In 1986, he published the book called Foundation and Earth. Through this, he linked the distant future of Robot stories. Also created a  unified "future history. He also wrote 380 short stories, which includes the social science fiction novelette "Nightfall". The Nightfall, a science fiction novelette has received the prize for the best short science fiction story, which was provided by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Using the name Paul French, Asimov wrote a series “Lucky Starr”. This was a juvenile science-fiction novel.

In 1950, Isaac Asimov released  “I, Robot”, which set a new milestone for his writing career. In this story collection, he explained how to construct human relationships and also featured the  Three Laws of Robotics. He received a lot of credits for using the term  "robotics." in his book.

In 1951, Isaac Asimov released another seminal work called Foundation. In this novel, he looked at the end of the Galactic Empire and created many statistical methods for predicting outcomes known as "psychohistory."  He released two more installations for the same story. In 1952, he released Foundation and Empire. In 1953, he released Second Foundation.

Isaac Asimov As Prolific Writer 

Scholar Isaac Asimov also wrote stories in mysteries and fantasy as well as nonfiction stories. 

Isaac Asimov also wrote many books other than scientific and non-scientific topics  like biology, astronomy, maths, religion and literary biography. He published The Human Body in 1963. He published Asimov’s Guide to the Bible in 1969.  He wrote the book, The mystery Murder at the AB A and published it in 1976. 

Autobiographies Of Isaac Asimov was published in 1979. He spent most of his time alone while writing his book. He will work on manuscripts and he also accompanied his family to take a break and vacations. By the end of December 1984, he wrote about 300 books. He wrote about 500 books during his lifetime. 

In most of the popular science books, Isaac explained his concepts in a historical way. He explained the concepts from the base, how the question was at its starting stage. He published the Guide of Science in a three-volume set. In this book, he explained the chronology of science and discoveries. 

Isaac Asimov was appointed as a  president of the American Humanist Association. He also received several entities and honours for his creations. According to Isaac Asimov biography, he received four literary awards for the books, asteroid (5020) Asimov, a crater on the planet Mars, a Brooklyn elementary school, and Honda's humanoid robot, ASIMO. 

Religious View Of Asimov

Asimov was an atheist, humanist and rationalist person, but he did not oppose any religious activities and convict the people, who have a belief in god. But he never fails to stand against superstitious and pseudoscientific beliefs. He tried to explain the genuine science behind superstitious beliefs. From his childhood he stood against these acts, even his mother and father observed the traditions of Orthodox Judaism. While he grew up he became stood agaist the strong religious influences. 

Political View Of Asimov 

Asimov became a strong supporter of the Democratic Party, after knowing their new deal. But anyhow he remained as a political liberal. In the 1960’s he stood as a vocal opponent during the Vietnam War.  In the early 1970s, Asimov supported George McGovern in front of people in a television interview. In the autobiographies of Isaac Asimov, Joy Still Felt, Asimov recalled meeting the counterculture figure, Abbie Hoffman.

Isaac also forcefully opposed Richard Nixon and considered him as "a crook and a liar". He was the one who closely monitored Watergate and felt much satisfied and when the president was forced to resign. Asimov also held an equivocal attitude towards Israel. He also enhanced his support for protecting Israel in his first autobiography, but he was not a Zionist. Through his third autobiography, Isaac also exposed his opposition against the creation of a Jewish state. He supported the notion of a single humanity. Asimov also worried about the  safety of Israel.

Asimov’s View on Social Issues  

Asimov strongly believed that science fiction can provide better humanity. He considered himself a feminist. He made many arguments to protect women rights. Still, many populations grown even don’t know about women liberalization. 

Death Of Asimov

Asimov shed his last breath on 6th April 1992 in New York. During his last breath, he was at the age of 72. Isaac was suffered from heart and kidney failure for the long term. He brought a private diagnosis instrument, which was used during his bypass surgery. He spent the last part of his life with his second wife, Janet Jeppson and his two children.

During his service period, he held several prizes. He won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. Isaac Asimov also received an honour from science institutions. He also participated in various television interviews. He was wished to implement many ideas during his lifetime, but he died before it. Later, the whole world contemplated his literary and scientific legacies.