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Science Past--Science Future

by Isaac Asimov

Colletion of essays: Technology and the Rise of Man Technology and the Rise of the United States Chapter 36 Foreword Chapter 2 Afterword Chapter 3 Foreword The Transportation Revolution The Atomic Revolution The Energy Revolution The Electronic Revolution The Computer Revolution The Communications Revolution The Space Revolution The Universe Revolution The Health Revolution Happy Birthday, Transistor The Whole Message The Hydrosphere Fresh Water It's About Time Chapter 16 Afterword Overflowing the Periodic Table Einstein's Vision Chapter 18 Afterword The Birth of the Bomb Watch for the Christmas Comet Chapter 20 Afterword Man and Evolution The Evolution of Human Flight Living Through the Winter The Switchboard Inside The Most Potent Poison in the World Science is Where You Find It Chapter 27 Foreword How to Write 160 Books Without Really Trying Chapter 28 Foreword To My Daughter Chapter 29 Foreword If I Were to Design a Woman Designng the Superman Food in the Future The Amusement Park of the Future Sex in Space Chapter 33 Afterword Communication by Molecule The Stages of Fusion Sis The Case Against Man The Son of Thetis The Magic Society Chapter 39 Afterword To Life - But Not Forever Chapter 41 Foreword A. D. 3000 Is There Hope for the Future?

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?