Asimov

Asimov refers to Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), the Russian-born American science fiction writer and biochemist.

His name evokes classic science fiction, particularly stories about robots and galactic empires.

He formulated the Three Laws of Robotics, which remain influential in discussions of artificial intelligence and machine ethics: very Asimov, an Asimov-style future.

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psychohistory

Psychology applied to history

  • EmpireSovereign's extensive domain
  • galacticRelating to stellar systems
  • MuleBranded product name

mathematics · civilization · collapse · prediction · saga · trilogy · epic · future history · crisis

robotics

positronic

Fictional android cognition system

autonomous · humanoid · machine intelligence · cybernetics · sentience · automation · mechanical man · roboticist · coexistence

sci-fi

space opera

Dramatic sci-fi in cosmos

extraterrestrial · hyperspace · time travel · speculation · imagination · visionary · Golden Age · pulp magazines · genre · worldbuilding

author

science fiction

Speculative fiction with technological themes

biochemist · professor · Hugo Award · prolific · polymath · popularizer · Boston University · nonfiction · short stories · editor

legacy

influential

Having considerable effect

futurism · foresight · prediction · humanist · rationalist · skeptic · Grand Master · collected works · bibliography · enduring

Categories
Opposites
worldview and philosophy

AsimovL. Ron Hubbard

C.S. Lewis · Madeleine L'Engle · Tolkien · mysticism · Luddism

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