Isaac Asimov

Born: Between 4 October 1919 and 2 January 1920 Petrovichi, Russian SFSR

Died: 6 Aprial 1992 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Biography: Isaac Asimov born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov; was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was prolific and wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Asimov wrote hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov´s most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are theGalactic Empire series and the Robot series.