Name: Worlds Within Worlds (Deseret Alphabet edition): The Story of Nuclear Energy
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Author: Asimov, Isaac ; Jenkins, John
ISBN: 9781329051676

portada Worlds Within Worlds (Deseret Alphabet edition): The Story of Nuclear Energy

Type

Physical Book

Author

Isaac Asimov

Publisher

Lulu.com

Language

English

Pages

170

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN13

9781329051676

Synopsis "Worlds Within Worlds (Deseret Alphabet edition): The Story of Nuclear Energy"

In addition to being one of the world's greatest science fiction writers, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was highly regarded as an indefatigable popularizer of science. In his lifetime, Asimov wrote or edited over approximately five hundred books of science fiction, mysteries, literary annotations, history, various sciences and more. He died of AIDS contracted during open-heart surgery. Asimov's Foundation trilogy won the Hugo Award in 1966 for "Best All-Time Series." It is currently being adapted into a television series on the Apple TV+ streaming service. "Worlds Within Worlds" was originally published as a series of pamphlets by the American Atomic Energy Commission and later in book form by the University Press of the Pacific, Inc., Seattle. Here Asimov recounts the history of nuclear energy starting with John Dalton's original atomic theory from 1808, and ending with the possibility of controlled nuclear fusion and antimatter annihilation, both as yet still in the future. This book is in the Deseret Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet for writing English developed in the mid-19th century at the University of Deseret (now the University of Utah). The Deseret Alphabet Classics series provides Deseret Alphabet editions of some of the great works of English literature and LDS theology. Our goal is to encourage the use of the Deseret Alphabet by making worthwhile reading material widely available.

Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov es uno de los grandes maestros de la ciencia ficción del siglo XX. Autor de trayectoria legendaria, publicó más de quinientas obras, entre ellas la Trilogía Fundación -galardonada con los premios Hugo y Nebula-, Los propios dioses y El hombre bicentenario. Nacido en 1920 en Petróvichi, Rusia, siendo muy pequeño se trasladó con su familia a Estados Unidos y creció en la ciudad de Nueva York. Estudió en la Universidad de Columbia, donde se doctoró en Bioquímica. Mientras completaba sus estudios, sirvió como investigador en la Marina estadounidense durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Más tarde fue profesor de Bioquímica y publicó trabajos académicos, como El cerebro humano. En 1987 fue galardonado con el Premio Gran Maestro Nebula, y en 1997 fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama de la Ciencia Ficción. Asimov murió en 1992 en Nueva York a los setenta y dos años.

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