by Isaac Asimov · Burlington · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789963469161
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«Bicentennial Man» is the graded science fiction reader by Isaac Asimov, published by Burlington Books in hardback (58 pages, in English).
Andrew is a domestic robot who, unlike others, develops emotions and the desire to be human. With the money from his wooden carvings he buys his freedom and, little by little, replaces his metallic body with an organic one, while fighting to be accepted and facing the dilemma between robotic immortality and mortal life.
Reader from the Burlington Readers series, level B2.18, for 2nd year of Bachillerato, with colour photographs from the film.
Aimed at upper secondary students in Spain who want to strengthen their reading comprehension with a reader adapted to their level.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
