How Did We Find Out About Genes
Asimov details how meticulous observation of garden peas and flies transformed heredity into scientific knowledge, revealing genes as the mathematical and chemical blueprints of life.
Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 6
This anthology features thirteen stories from 1944 exploring interstellar travel, nuclear fission, cyborgs, and evolution, marking the genre maturing into a logical analysis of humanity.
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas Edited by Asimov provides a macabre counterweight to holiday cheer through logical stories of murder and mischief during this season of benevolence.
Miniature Mysteries
Asimov’s anthology offers one hundred short mysteries. These intellectual snacks use logical precision, proving brevity creates an immensely satisfying and very clear masterclass in deduction.
A Grossery of Limericks
The guide’s taxonomy of nonsense analyzes limericks as engineered devices, proving that structured absurdity remains a truly vital, democratic art form for all human civilization.
After The End
Asimov describes civilization as a fragile network. Its collapse triggers systemic failure, where lost infrastructure and ecological ruin make recovery impossible without proactive human wisdom.
Wild Inventions
Asimov argues technology is a logical continuation of nature. Humanity imitates Biological Systems to create tools that successfully extend human reach, senses, and innate capabilities.
Thinking Machines
This story defines intelligence as a process, framing machines as logical extensions of human tools. These programmable collaborators externalize reasoning under our ultimate human responsibility.
Travels Through Time
Asimov explores time travel through relativity and entropy, concluding that while future travel is possible, logical paradoxes and moral accountability effectively safeguard our human history.
Change Seventy one Glimpses of the Future
Asimov’s Change Seventy one Glimpses of the Future presents seventy-one logical glimpses into the future, exploring technological, biological, and societal shifts to advocate for informed, ethical human participation
The Sun Shines Bright
This collection of science essays explores the wonders of space and time, ranging from cosmic phenomena like the Sun and moons of Mars to the deepest mysteries of human intelligence
Fantastic Creatures An Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction
This anthology, edited by Isaac Asimov, contrasts ancient mythical beasts like dragons and vampires with strange creatures of modern science fiction, often found in space.