[Cite This]  Isaac Asimov  Isaac Asimov  Born on January 2, 1920
in Russia, Isaac Asimov was an American writer specializing in
the genre of science fiction. He is considered one of the three
great masters of science fiction and remained a significant
figure of science fiction for over five decades. Also a
professor of biochemistry at Boston University, Isaac Asimov has
over 500 published volumes in addition to 90,000 letters,
postcards and other scientific books for laymen.  He was the son
of Judah Asimov and Anna Asimov who immigrated to the United
States when Isaac was three. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York,
Asimov’s childhood was spent reading passionately. He explored
all the libraries within his reach and was a perfect description
of the term bookworm. Asimov graduated from Columbia University
in 1939 with a degree in chemistry and then also obtained a PhD
from the same university in 1948. He later accepted the offer of
lectureship at Boston University where he was made an associate
professor of bioche