| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Asimov, Isaac |
Segregationist |
1968 OCT |
ss |
1st pub. in Abbottempo, 1967 APR(Abbott Laboratories); has juvenile novel The Heavenly Host(1975); coll. Three Short Stories(1976), The Key Word and Other Mysteries(1977); chapbook Good Taste(1976); recursive detective novel Murder at the ABA(1976) |
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Science: Little Found Satellite |
1968 OCT |
sces |
planets; Saturn's rings & satellites |
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Science: Planetary Eccentric, The |
1968 NOV |
sces |
planets; tenth planet; 10th anniversary essay; the eccentric orbit of Pluto & the possibility of a tenth planet, Planet X |
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Science: View From Almathea |
1968 DEC |
sces |
satellites of Jupiter & Saturn, Part 1 of 2; the view from Jupiter's closest satellite, Almathea; Part 2 in 1969 JAN(#2741) |
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Science: Dance of the Satellites |
1969 JAN |
sces |
satellites of Jupiter, Part 2 of 2; the motion of Jovian satellites relative to Jupiter & from Almathea; Part 1 in 1968 DEC(#2729) |
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Science: Uncertain, Coy, and Hard to Please |
1969 FEB |
sces |
women's rights, then, now & in the future |
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Science: Just Right |
1969 MAR |
sces |
mathematics; the square-cube law, & its relation to scales of models & giants |
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Science: Incredible Shrinking People, The |
1969 APR |
sces |
miniaturization; background to the movie Fantastic Voyage(1966), his novelization of its script (also 1966), and the scientific principles involved |
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Science: Power of Progression, The |
1969 MAY |
sces |
overpopulation(also discussed in his science article in VSF 1958 JAN), the growth of population follows a mathematical progression; see related essays in 1967 MAR(#2465), 1980 MAY(#4445), & 1988 JUN(#5846) |
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Science: Fateful Lightning, The |
1969 JUN |
sces |
scientific history; turning points in scientific history, incl. Benjamin Franklin & his lightning rod |
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Science: Two at a Time |
1969 JUL |
sces |
Earth-Moon system, and the so-called "Three-Body System" |
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Science: On Throwing a Ball |
1969 AUG |
sces |
gravitation, f = ma, Part 1 of 2; Newton's equations for acceleration and velocity; Part 2 in 1969 SEP(#2823) |
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Science: Man Who Massed the Earth, The |
1969 SEP |
sces |
gravitation, f = ma, Part 2 of 2; acceleration, velocity & mass; the Earth's gravitational field & its mass; see similar essay, "Massing the Sun" in 1989 NOV(#6084); Part 1 in 1969 AUG(#2814) |
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Feminine Intuition |
1969 OCT |
nv |
1st of 2 stories in F&SF in his Susan Calvin/robot series, this one about a female robot long after Calvin has died; Susan Calvin character 1st appeared in story "Liar!" in ASF 1941 MAY, & her last appearance will be "Robot Dreams" in ASI 1986 mDEC |
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Science: Worlds in Confusion |
1969 OCT |
sces |
popular fallacy; debunks Immanuel Velikovsky's 1950 book Worlds in Collision, which "attempted to account for ... events described in the Bible ... by supposing that the planet Venus had ... a near collision with the Earth" |
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Science: Sin of the Scientist, The |
1969 NOV |
sces |
scientists; the "sins" or wrongdoings that some scientists have done, e.g., holding back the advance of science, weapons development; the social responsibilities of scientists |
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Science: Luxon Wall, The |
1969 DEC |
sces |
speed of light, Part 2, Lorentz & Einstein's equations, tachyons(hypothetical superluminal particles); Part 1 in 1967 FEB(#2456), Clarke article/Asimov rebuttal 1968 OCT(#2704); see also p.124, 1971 AUG |
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Science: Lunar Honor-Roll, The |
1970 JAN |
sces |
scientists honored by having their names used for lunar craters & other physical features; has 7th coll. of F&SF science essays The Solar System and Back(1970) |
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Science: Multiplying Elements, The |
1970 FEB |
sces |
elements; periodic table, Part 1 of 3; the rare earth elements; Part 2 in 1970 MAR(#2885) & Part 3 in 1970 APR(#2896) |
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Science: Bridging the Gaps |
1970 MAR |
sces |
elements; periodic table, Part 2 of 3; the transition elements & the rare earth elements; Part 1 in 1970 FEB(#2876) & Part 3 in 1970 APR(#2896) |
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Science: Nobel Prize That Wasn't, The |
1970 APR |
sces |
elements; periodic table, Part 3 of 3; Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen & x-rays, how they aided formation of the table; how the 1916 Nobel(not given due to WWI) should have gone to Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys Mosely; Part 1 in 1970 FEB(#2876) & Part 2 in 1970 MAR(#2885) |
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Science: Playing the Game |
1970 MAY |
sces |
red shift, Part 1 of 2; the light from distant galaxies undergo a Doppler effect; Part 2 in 1970 JUN(#2916) |
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Science: Distance of Far, The |
1970 JUN |
sces |
red shift, Part 2 of 2; judging astronomical distances using the red shift, led up to the discovery that the universe is expanding; Part 1 in 1970 MAY(#2907) |
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Science: My Planet 'Tis of Thee |
1970 JUL |
sces |
overpopulation, the problems of a finite world; growth of population exceeded by growth of energy use, use of natural resources, increasing pollution |
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Science: Stars in Their Courses, The |
1970 AUG |
sces |
astrology through history; has nf books, Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Vol.I & Vol.II(1970) |
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Science: Lopsided Sun, The |
1970 SEP |
sces |
sunspots & solar flares |
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Science: Stop! |
1970 OCT |
sces |
overpopulation & birth control, Part 1 of 2; how can the population increase be stopped?; Part 2 in 1970 NOV(#2972) |
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Science:—But How? |
1970 NOV |
sces |
overpopulation & birth control, Part 2 of 2; ways to make our society non-conception-centered; Part 1 in 1970 OCT(#2961) |
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Science: Thalassogens, The |
1970 DEC |
sces |
water, the uniqueness of it, Part 1 of 3; thalassogens, a word Asimov made up from the Greek, meaning "sea-producers"; can a planet exist with a large ocean of any other substance other than water?; Part 2 in 1971 JAN(#3000), Part 3 in 1971 FEB(#3011) |
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Science: Hot Water |
1971 JAN |
sces |
water, the uniqueness of it, Part 2 of 3; liquid seas possibilities other than water; Part 1 in 1970 DEC(#2985), Part 3 in 1971 FEB(#3011); has 8th coll. of F&SF science essays The Stars in Their Courses(1971) |
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Science: Cold Water |
1971 FEB |
sces |
water, the uniqueness of it, Part 3 of 3; the strange behavior & properties of frozen water, ice; Part 1 in 1970 DEC(#2985), Part 2 in 1971 JAN(#3000) |
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Science: Euclid's Fifth |
1971 MAR |
sces |
mathematics; Euclid's fifth postulate, Part 1 of 2; his axiomatic system & axioms in details; Part 2 in 1971 APR(#3035) |
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Science: Plane Truth, The |
1971 APR |
sces |
mathematics; Euclid's fifth postulate, Part 2 of 2; Euclidean & non-Euclidean geometry; Part 1 in 1971 MAR(#3022) |
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Science: Pompey and Circumstance |
1971 MAY |
sces |
luck & coincidence; Roman General Gnaeus Pompeius(better-known as Pompey), & how luck aided him until age 42, then deserted him - because he entered Jerusalem's Holy of Holies in 64 B.C.? |
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Science: Eureka Phenomenon, The |
1971 JUN |
sces |
scientific intuition flashes, "Eureka" moments of revelation in history & how they happen |
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Science: Bill & I |
1971 JUL |
sces |
Shakespeare; Asimov explains William Shakespeare, an example of his annotated book Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare(1970), & why he wrote it |
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Science: Prime Quality |
1971 AUG |
sces |
numbers; prime numbers; a proof that says that the number of primes is infinite, etc; long addendum: new work on tachyons verifies what Asimov said in science essay "The Luxon Wall" in 1969 DEC(#2854) |
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Science: Holes in the Head |
1971 SEP |
sces |
reptiles; how do you tell a mammal from a reptile?; synapsids & therapsids, the duckbill platypus |
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Science: Odds and Evens |
1971 OCT |
sces |
parity, Part 1 of 2; odd and even things, the concept of parity, connects the overthrow of the law of parity with the matters of sex, law & marriage; Part 2 in 1971 NOV(#3116) |
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Science: Left Hand of the Electron, The |
1971 NOV |
sces |
parity, Part 2 of 2; connects the overthrow of the law of conservation of parity with the matters of sex, law & marriage; Part 1 in 1971 OCT(#3102) |
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Science: Seeing Double |
1971 DEC |
sces |
isomerism, Part 1 of 3; optically active substances; Universe is electronically left-handed, which may have had interesting effects on the development of life; Part 2 in 1972 JAN(#3149), Part 3 in 1972 FEB(#3160) |
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Science: 3-D Molecule, The |
1972 JAN |
sces |
isomerism, Part 2 of 3; optically active substances; Louis Pasteur's discovery that racemic & tartaric acids were mirror-images of one another, Kekule structures; Part 1 in 1971 DEC(#3130), Part 3 in 1972 FEB(#3160) |
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Science: Asymmetry of Life, The |
1972 FEB |
sces |
isomerism, Part 3 of 3; optically active substances; asymmetric compounds exist in nature only in living tissues or in matter that was once part of living tissue; Part 1 in 1971 DEC(#3130), Part 2 in 1972 JAN(#3149) |
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Science: Lost in Non-Translation |
1972 MAR |
sces |
Bible, The Book of Ruth(a Moabite woman); the non-translatable word of Moabite - black; perhaps Ruth was a black woman; this essay is based on his book, The Story of Ruth(1972) |
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Science: Moon Over Babylon |
1972 APR |
sces |
calendar reform, Part 1 of 2; our seven-day week & its peculiarities - it all began with the Babylonians; Part 2 in 1972 JUN(#3208); has 9th coll. of F&SF science essays, The Left Hand of the Electron(1972) |
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Science: Academe and I |
1972 MAY |
sces |
personal look at his dual role as a writer & teacher; mentions Neil Goble: Asimov Analyzed(1972), by which Goble earned his MS degree; answers some questions that he is over-frequently asked |
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Science: Week Excuse, The |
1972 JUN |
sces |
calendar reform, Part 2 of 2; why not a new one?; possible new & better ways to have a calendar; Part 1 in 1972 APR(#2185) |
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Science: Tragedy of the Moon, The |
1972 JUL |
sces |
Moon; suppose the Earth lacked a moon – what would happen?; see sequel science essay "The Triumph of the Moon" in 1973 JUN(#3365) |
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Science: Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat |
1972 AUG |
sces |
hormones, their discovery; in particular, those from the thyroid gland |
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Science: World, Ceres, The |
1972 SEP |
sces |
asteroid Ceres, information & facts, as well as its history |
