The secret of the universe

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Doubleday, Feb 1, 1991 - Science - 240 pages
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Essays examine such topics as cold fusion, the drug war, the solar system, and iodine

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If anyone is qualified to write a book with a title as presumptuous as The Secret of the Universe , it is Asimov, who has published some 400 books on a variety of subjects. An anthology of essays from ... Read full review

Contents

Smashing the Sky
3
A Change of Air
17
The Changing Distance
30
Copyright

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To list Isaac Asimov's honors, as to list his books, would be excessive. Let it simply be noted that Isaac Asimov was the most famous, most honored, most widely read, and most beloved science fiction author of all time. In his five decades as an author, he wrote more than four hundred books, won every award his readers and colleagues could contrive to give him, and provided pleasure and insight to millions. He died in 1992, still at work.

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TitleThe secret of the universe
AuthorIsaac Asimov
Editionreprint
PublisherDoubleday, 1991
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMar 17, 2008
ISBN0385416938, 9780385416931
Length240 pages
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