Comments on: (Almost) Everything he learned about science he learned from Isaac Asimov

By: Senexada

Senexada — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:32:20 +0000

Thank you for the reminder that these exist. This site lists all books that contain those essays and the site owner's personal rating and review. But it doesn't list the individual essays in each book. This site lists each individual essay and all the books that contain it. I'd like to know the minimal set of books that collectively contain all the essays. It is derivable from the second link, but I haven't done the drudgery to extract it, nor have I found such a list elsewhere.

By: A Boy and His Dog

A Boy and His Dog — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 08:50:39 +0000

When I was a kid I found my dad's ancient copy of Fact and Fancy. Reading "My Built In Doubter" was a life-changing experience.

By: Wan Wei Lin

Wan Wei Lin — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 02:58:33 +0000

My favorite science book by Asimov is Far As Human Eye Could See. It is about the discovery of discovery as humans began to examine and understand the universe from the atomic to astronomy. Quite an excellent read.

By: Adar

Adar — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 00:38:06 +0000

Isaac, when he knew he was sick and dying, sat down and wrote a book of two hundred pages, with all the ideas he had in his head at one time or another but had never acted on.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 11:57:21 +0000

Asimov had a Ph. D. in biochemistry and was a tenured Associate Professor at Boston University. But he found his calling and moved on, and moved back to NYC.

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 11:45:51 +0000

Historical context is centrally, radically relevant to a clear understanding of the genesis, trajectory, and importance of the creation of ideas and discovery of phenomena in mathematics and science.

Given its orienting value, I’ve always been mystified why there’s not more of it in science and especially math education.