Isaac Asimov was born on 2 January 1920 in Petrovichi. A Russian-born American writer and biochemist, Asimov moved with his family to Brooklyn as a young child and later taught biochemistry at Boston University. He was one of the most prolific authors in history, writing or editing hundreds of books on science, history, literature and religion, as well as fiction. His science-fiction works include the Foundation series, a tale of the fall and rebirth of a galactic civilization, and the robot stories collected in I, Robot, which introduced the Three Laws of Robotics. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, and his clear popular science books introduced many readers to the subject.
Before and after
- c. 1920sRise of surrealism
- 1920Construction of Douaumont ossuary
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 1920Establishment of Kootenay National Park
- 2 January 1920Birth of Isaac Asimov
- from 17 January 1920 to 5 December 1933Prohibition in the United States
- 19 January 1920Birth of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 20 January 1920Birth of Federico Fellini
- 30 January 1920Founding of Mazda
More in Science & technology
- 15 September 1917Launch of Forbes
- 11 January 1922Insulin is first used to treat diabetes
- 1927Hubble–Lemaître law
- 1936Alan Turing defines the universal machine
- from 1939 to 1946Manhattan Project
- from c. 1940s to 1960sGreen Revolution
The era
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