View from a height
Encyclopedia
View from a Height is a collection of seventeen scientific essay
s by Isaac Asimov
. It was the second of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1963.
The collection includes the essay "By Jove!", the source of the Asimov misquote describing the Solar System
as "Jupiter plus debris". The actual quote is "four planets plus debris".
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s by Isaac Asimov
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 second of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1963.
The collection includes the essay "By Jove!", the source of the Asimov misquote describing the Solar System
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
as "Jupiter plus debris". The actual quote is "four planets plus debris".
Contents
- Part I: Biology
- That's About the Size of It (October 1961)
- The Egg and Wee (June 1962)
- That's Life! (March 1962)
- Not as We Know It (September 1961)
- Part II: Chemistry
- The Element of Perfection (November 1960)
- The Weighting Game (April 1962)
- The Evens Have It (August 1961)
- Part III: Physics
- Now Hear This! (December 1960)
- The Ultimate Split of the Second (August 1959)
- Order! Order! (February 1961)
- The Modern Demonology (January 1962)
- The Height of Up (October 1959)
- Part IV: The Human Mind
- Hot Stuff (July 1962)
- Recipe for a Planet (July 1961)
- The Trojan Hearse (December 1961)
- By Jove! (May 1962)
- Superficially Speaking (February 1962)