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How Did We Find Out About Antarctica

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Describes the geography of the Antarctic regions and the history of their discovery and exploration.

64 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1979

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Isaac Asimov

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Works of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles, The Foundation Trilogy (1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.

Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.

Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).

People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.

Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.

Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.

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11 reviews3 followers
June 18, 2019
برای دوستانی که میخوان آیلتس بدن خوندن کتابای آسیموف واسه تقویت ریدینگ توصیه میشه :دی
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September 24, 2019
A great book explaining how we reached Antarctica, after whom the different parts of Antarctica was named, difficulties of sailing on icy lands, lack of food suplies, the explorers who's lost their lives in the quest, different kinds of living species including Adeline Penguins and Emperor Penguins, how their chicks are hatched and bred and etc... a short and informative book recommend to everyone who likes to get to know Antarctica better. 👍
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63 reviews
December 16, 2018
چگونه کشف شد
چه داستان کشف درامی داشت....
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