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Asimov on Science

by Isaac Asimov · 1989

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For thirty years, Isaac Asimov has been writing a popular monthly science column for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. To celebrate, this book covers his amazing writing career, spanning over four decades and more than 400

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