The Tragedy of the Moon
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The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays written by Isaac Asimov
. It was the tenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between March 1972 and July 1973. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1973.
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
. It was the tenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between March 1972 and July 1973. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1973.
Contents
- A — About the Moon
- 1 — The Tragedy of the Moon
- 2 — The Triumph of the Moon
- 3 — Moon Over Babylon
- 4 — The Week Excuse
- B — About Other Small Worlds
- 5 — The World Ceres
- 6 — The Clock in the Sky
- C — About Carbon
- 7 — The One and Only
- 8 — The Unlikely Twins
- D — About Micro-organisms
- 9 — Through The Microglass
- 10 — Down From The Amoeba
- 11 — The Cinderella Compound
- E — About the Thyroid Gland
- 12 — Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat
- F — About Society
- 13 — Lost in Non-Translation
- 14 — The Ancient and the Ultimate
- 15 — By The Numbers
- G — And (You Guessed It!) About Me
- 16 — The Cruise And I (July 1973)
- 17 — Academe And I