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Futurs à bascule (Isaac Asimov présente, #9)

Here, from a grand master of science fiction, is the long awaited final novel of the greatest series ever told. Completed just before his death, Forward The Foundation is the crowning achievement of a great writer's life, a stirring testament to the creative genius of Isaac Asimov. As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the great Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse. Caught in the maelstrom are Seldon and all he holds dear, pawns in the struggle for dominance. Whoever can control Seldon will control psychohistory—and with it the future of the Galaxy. Among those seeking to turn psychohistory into the greatest weapon known to man are a populist political demagogue, the weak-willed Emperor Cleon I, and a ruthless militaristic general. In his last act of service to humankind, Hari Seldon must somehow save his life's work from their grasp as he searches for is true heirs—a search the begins with his own granddaughter and the dream of a new Foundation.

L'Aube de Fondation (Avant Fondation, #2)

When the First Foundation was conquered by a force Seldon had not foreseen - the overwhelming power of a single individual, a mutant called the Mule - the second Foundation was forced to reveal its existence and, infinitely worse, a portion of its power.    One man understood the shifting patterns of the inhabited cosmos. This was Hari Seldon, the last great scientist of the First Empire. The mathematics of psychohistory enabled Seldon to predict the collapse of the Empire and the onset of an era of chaos and war. To restore civilization in the shortest possible time, Seldon set up two Foundations.    The First was established on Terminus in the full daylight of publicity. But the Second, "at the other end of the galaxy", took shape behind a veil of total silence. Because the Second Foundation guards the laws of psychohistory, which are valid only so long as they remain secret.    So far the second Foundation's location, its most closely guarded secret of all, has been kept hidden. The Mule and the remnants of the First Foundation will do anything to discover it.    This is the story of the Second Foundation.

SECOND FOUNDATION

L'aventure de la connaissance : tel est le sujet de ce livre qui, des balbutiements des origines aux sondes interplanétaires, retrace les grandes étapes du savoir humain. L'espace, le temps, la matière et l'énergie sont les quatre points cardinaux de ce prodigieux récit, avec ses héros, ses coups de théâtre, ses tâtonnements et ses illuminations.Ce « roman de la connaissance » est en même temps un outils de référence irremplaçable : le découpage thématique, un index de 1400 noms et concepts permettent au lecteur de vérifier instantanément un fait, une date, et de les replacer dans leur contexte.

La Conquête du savoir

The three laws of Robotics:1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world--all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asimov's trademark.

Les robots

They stole a boy from the past—To the astounded world of contemporary Earth, he is a beast, a Neanderthal ape-boy torn from the primordial past. But to his nurse and protector, he is something much more than a time-travel experiment. Edith Fellowes took the job with Stasis Technologies with the understanding that the nursing job would definitely be temporary...but all that changed upon meeting "Timmie," the lonely boy whose every friend and relative—even his whole race—was 40,000 years dead.—and consigned him to the futureThen Edith discovers the scientists' true intentions, and she forms a bizarre and daring plan. At stake is Timmie's very existence...and her own.

L'enfant du temps

Andrew was one of Earth's first house robot domestic servants—smoothly designed and functional. But when Andrew started to develop special talents which exceeded the confines of his allotted positronic pathways, he abandoned his domestic duties in favour of more intellectual pursuits. As time passed, Andrew acquired knowledge, feelings and ambitions way beyond anything ever experienced by any other mechanical men. And he found himself launched on to a career which would bring him fame fortune—and danger. For a robot who wants to be human must also be prepared to die...In the Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov returns to his first and most enduring love—robotics. The result is a brilliant book of first-class entertainment and mind-spinning ideas which confirm Asimov's supreme status as Grand Master of science fiction.

L'Homme bicentenaire

Quand Ordinateurs, Déterminateurs et Observateurs consacrent leur éternité à améliorer, par changement quantique, le sort de l'humanité... Quand un professeur de physique se découvre soudain un talent pour la lévitation et se heurte à l'incrédulité générale... Quand Joseph Schwartz passe à proximité de l'Institut de recherches nucléaires de Chicago et se retrouve tout à coup dans un avenir inimaginablement éloigné... ... même parallèle, c'est bien d'Isaac Asimov qu'il s'agit. Pour le plus grand plaisir de l'amateur, ces nouvelles sont accompagnées de commentaires retraçant leur histoire.

Asimov parallèle

Susan Calvin est robospychologue à l'United States Robots, Inc. Née en 1982, elle a aujourd'hui 75 ans. Ce livre relate ses souvenirs sur l'évolution du robot dans l'histoire humaine, depuis Robbie qui, en 1996, fut vendu comme bonne d'enfants, jusqu'à Byerley qui devint Président de la Fédération Mondiale Terrestre en 2044.À travers ces récits, on voit comment le robot, d'abord esclave soumis à l'homme, parvint peu à peu à être son égal, avant de devenir son maître.Les souvenirs du Dr Calvin forment un livre au charme désuet qui fait revivre l'aube du XXIe siècle, époque où l'homme existait encore indépendamment de son compagnon de métal, le robot.

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