by Isaac Asimov · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401803482
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«La Edad del Futuro II» is Isaac Asimov's book of popular science essays, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (254 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together articles and reflections by Isaac Asimov on science and its impact on the worldview. In the section devoted to scientists of the past, he recalls that writers such as Goethe and Omar Khayyam contributed to the progress of mathematics, and covers disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy.
ISBN 9788401803482 corresponds to the 1987 edition; the cover assigns it to the P&J Divulgación collection.
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.
