Fascinating Character--Isaac Asimov

"From my close observation of writers, they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review." ~ Isaac Asimov

We know that Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Yudovich Osimov, in Russia, but we don't know exactly when. He was a scientist, trained in biochemistry, but became famous from his writing. Although he wrote nonfiction, including papers and books on science, it was his hard science fiction that made him famous. He is known as one of the Big Three--Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein being the other two--during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

Famous Books
I, Robot
Foundation series (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation)
Galactic Empire series (Pebble in the Sky, The Stars Like Dust, etc.)
Lucky Starr series (Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn, ...and the Moons of Jupiter, etc.)
Fantastic Voyage
Robot series (The Caves of Steel, The Robots of Dawn, etc.)

Interesting Facts

• He was a Humanist
• He served as Vice President of Mensa
• Nightfall is considered his best short story.
• The poor man never knew his real birthday, but celebrated it on January 2, his birth date being estimated between October 4, 1919, and January 2, 1920.
• A crater on Mars, Asimov, is named after him.

                              Isaac Asimov in 1965

Here is his Wiki Page. Here are books about and by him.

Source articles: Wikipedia, and IMDb.