Isaac Asimov - Out of the Everywhere

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1、DFTransfoDFTransfoPrmPrmYeYeYrYrB2B2B.B.00AAClickheretobuyClickheretobuywwwmwmwowo.ABBYY.c.ABBYY.cContentsINTRODUCTION:SocialCommentaryandI•ixPARTI•ASTRONOMY1•TheVeryErroroftheMoon•32•AskingtheRightQuestion•183•OutoftheEverywhere•334•IntotheHere-48PARTII-HUMANITY5•TheRoadtoHumanity•656•St

2、andingTall•817•TheLongestRiver•978•IsAnyoneListening?•113PARTIII-RADIATION9•TheUnrecognizedDanger•13110•TheRadiationThatWasn't*146VIIPARTIV-MAGNETISM11•Iron,ColdIron•16312•FromPoletoPole-178PARTV•FUEL13•TheFireofLife•19514•TheSlaveoftheLamp•21015•TheHorseUndertheHood-225PARTVI•TIME16•TheU

3、nforgivingMinute•243PARTVII•SOMETHINGEXTRA17•ASacredPoet•261Introduction:DFTransfoDFTransfoPrmPrmYeYeYrYrB2B2B.B.00AAClickheretobuyClickheretobuywwwmwmwowo.ABBYY.c.ABBYY.cSocialCommentaryandIvmAyoungladyphonedmeyesterday.Shewaswritinga"profile"ofmeandneededafewquestionsanswered.Iinvitedhe

4、rtoaskthemandshesaid:"Yourwritingsseemtobeveryconcernedwithyourviewsofsocialethics.Eveninyourfiction,forinstance,youhavetheThreeLawsofRobotics,whichdealwiththemannerinwhichrobotsandhumanbeingsshouldinteract.Youalsohaveinventedthescienceof'psychohistory,'whichmakesitpossibletoforeseethefut

5、ureandleadspeopletodirecthistoryintodesirablechannels."Itwasveryflatteringtobetakenasasocialphilosopher,buttruthismightyandwillprevail.Ihadtoexplaintoherthefactsastheywere.TheThreeLawsofRoboticswerefirstinventedbymewhenIwasnineteenyearsoldandpsychohistorycamealongwhenIwastwenty-one.Mypurp

6、osewasnotixatallsocialcommentary,butmerelythewritingofinterestinganddifferentsciencefictionstoriessothatIcouldhavethepleasureofseeingmynameinprintand(secondarily)sothatIcouldearnenoughmoneytopaymywaythroughcollege.Nor,inalltheyearssince,haveIeverseenmyselfassomeonewhosedutyitwastolectureh

7、umanityandchangetheworld.WhatIhavebeendoinginmywriting,throughtheyearsofmymaturity,hasbeen(a)tocontinuetowritestoriesandnovelsthatinterestmeand,ifpossible,theeditorsandreadersaswell;(b)toexplainsciencetotheinterestedpublic;and(c)toexpressmypersonalviewsandopinionson