Changes: Isaac Asimov (author)

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For the "real world" article on the author and scientific adviser for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, please see Isaac Asimov.

Isaac Asimov was a 20th century American science fiction author and scientist. During the mid-1950s, Asimov's stories were published by a magazine called Galaxy. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")

Data's positronic brain was based on Asimov's dream of such a device one day being constructed. (TNG: "Datalore")

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 23}, the birth and death years of Dr. Isaac Asimov were 1920 and 1992, respectively.

External links

Isaac Asimov at Wikipedia
Isaac Asimov at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Isaac Asimov (author) at SF-Encyclopedia.com
Asimov online

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+{{disambiguation|the "[[Memory Alpha:Point of view#Production point of view|real world]]" article on the author and scientific adviser for {{film|1}}|Isaac Asimov}}
-'''Isaac Asimov''' was a noted [[20th century]] [[science fiction]] author on [[Earth]]. During the mid-[[1950s]], Asimovs' stories were published by a magazine called ''[[Galaxy]]''. ([[DS9]]: "[[Far Beyond the Stars]]")
+'''Isaac Asimov''' was a [[20th century]] [[American]] [[science fiction]] [[author]] and [[scientist]]. During the mid-[[1950s]], Asimov's stories were published by a [[magazine]] called ''{{dis|Galaxy|magazine}}''. ({{DS9|Far Beyond the Stars}})
+[[Data]]'s [[positronic brain]] was based on Asimov's dream of such a device one day being constructed. ({{TNG|Datalore}})
-:''Isaac Asimov was well-respected voice within the scientific community and was famous to most for being an outspoken supporter of [[cybernetics]] and creator of the Three laws of robotics, intended to protect humans from [[android]]s, or 'robots' as they were called then.''
+{{bginfo|According to the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (3rd ed., p. 23}, the birth and death years of Dr. Isaac Asimov were [[1920]] and [[1992]], respectively.}}
-[[Category:Humans|Asimov, Isaac]]
+== External links ==
+* {{wikipedia|Isaac Asimov}}
+* {{mbeta|Isaac Asimov}}
+* {{sf-encyc|asimov_isaac}}
+* [http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html Asimov online]
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+[[Category:Humans]]
+[[Category:Authors]]
+[[Category:Scientists]]