Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 02. Januar 1920 |
Geburtsort | Petrovichi |
Todesort | Manhattan |
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Beschreibung | Isaac Asimov (/ˈæzɪmɒv/ AZ-ih-mov; ca. 2. Januar 1920 - 6. April 1992) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Professor für Biochemie an der Universität Boston. Zu Lebzeiten galt Asimov neben Robert A. Heinlein und Arthur C. Clarke als einer der drei großen Science-Fiction-Autoren. Er war ein produktiver Schriftsteller, der mehr als 500 Bücher schrieb oder herausgab. Außerdem schrieb er schätzungsweise 90.000 Briefe und Postkarten. Asimov ist vor allem für seine Hard-Science-Fiction bekannt, schrieb aber auch Krimis und Fantasy sowie zahlreiche Sachbücher. |
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
He had read much, if one considers his long life but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
