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100 1 $aAsimov, Isaac,$d1920-1992.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126289
245 14 $aThe roving mind /$cIsaac Asimov ; preface by Paul Kurtz ; with tributes by Carl Sagan [and others].
250 $aNew ed.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c1997.
300 $axxix, 350 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tForeword: Isaac Asimov: Science Popularizer, Skeptic, and Rationalist /$rPaul Kurtz --$tA Celebration of Isaac Asimov: A Man for the Universe --$gPt. I.$tThe Religious Radicals.$g1.$tThe Army of the Night.$g2.$tCreationism and the Schools.$g3.$tThe Reagan Doctrine.$g4.$tThe Blind Who Would Lead.$g5.$tCreeping Censorship.$g6.$tLosing the Debate --$gPt. II.$tOther Aberrations.$g7.$tThe Harvest of Intelligence.$g8.$tThat Old-Time Violence.$g9.$tLittle Green Men or Not?$g10.$tDon't You Believe?$g11.$tOpen Mind?$g12.$tThe Role of the Heretic --$gPt. III.$tPopulation.$g13.$tThe Good Earth Is Dying.$g14.$tThe Price of Survival.$g15.$tLetter to a Newborn Child --$gPt. IV.$tScience: Opinion.$g16.$tTechnophobia.$g17.$tWhat Have You Done for Us Lately?$g18.$tSpeculation.$g19.$tIs It Wise for Us to Contact Advanced Civilizations?$g20.$tPure and Impure.$g21.$tDo We Regulate Science?$g22.$tFor Public Understanding of Science.$g23.$tScience Corps.$g24.$tScience and Beauty.$g25.$tArt and Science.
505 80 $g26.$tThe Fascination of Science.$g27.$tSherlock Holmes as Chemist --$gPt. V.$tScience: Explanation.$g28.$tThe Global Jigsaw.$g29.$tThe Inconstant Sun.$g30.$tThe Sky of the Satellites.$g31.$tThe Surprises of Pluto.$g32.$tNeutron Stars.$g33.$tBlack Holes.$g34.$tFaster than Light.$g35.$tHyperspace.$g36.$tBeyond the Universe.$g37.$tLife on Earth --$gPt. VI.$tThe Future.$g38.$tThe Transportation and the Future.$g39.$tThe Corporation of the Future.$g40.$tThe Future of Collecting.$g41.$tThe Computerized World.$g42.$tThe Individualism to Come.$g43.$tThe Coming Age of Age.$g44.$tThe Decade of Decision.$g45.$tDo You Want to Be Cloned?$g46.$tThe Hotel of the Future.$g47.$tThe Future of Plants.$g48.$tBacterial Engineering.$g49.$tFlying in Time to Come.$g50.$tThe Ultimate in Communication.$g51.$tHis Own Particular Drummer.$g52.$tThe Future of Exploration.$g53.$tHomo Obsoletus?$g54.$tVolatiles for the Life of Luna.$g55.$tTouring the Moon.$g56.$tLife on a Space Settlement.$g57.$tPayoff in Space --$gPt. VII.$tPersonal.
505 80 $g58.$tI Am a Signpost.$g59.$tThe Word-Processor and I.$g60.$tA Question of Speed.$g61.$tA Question of Spelling.$g62.$tMy Father.
520 $aIsaac Asimov's death on April 6, 1992, was a great loss to literature, science, and freethought. The vision of one of America's most prolific authors is unmatched today, and his pointed honesty shines through in this fascinating collection of essays, now reissued in this special tribute edition.
520 8 $aAsimov demonstrates his extraordinary skill at disseminating knowledge from across the spectrum of scientific disciplines as his "roving mind" ranges from the polemical to the persuasive, from the speculative to the realistic.
520 8 $aThe sixty-two essays in this volume include such subjects as creationism, the distinction between real science and pseudoscience, censorship, the population explosion, technophobia, the social consequences of technological progress, cloning, the possibility of contacting extraterrestrial life, and the wonders of the cosmos.
520 8 $aThere are also thoughts on his style of writing, stories about his personal life, and recollections of family history - all written in the clear and elegant prose for which Asimov was noted.
650 0 $aScience$vMiscellanea.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111306
852 00 $boff,leh$hQ173$i.A78 1997