Айзек Азімов Books

The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire—both scientists and scholars—and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best—and worst—that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.

The Foundation trilogy is a saga of humaity's struggle against darkness played on the the grandest possible scale - is one of the corner-stones of modern science fiction. It is the story of the Galactic empire, crumbling after 12,000 years of rule, and the story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store..

В книге описываются доступные способы упрощения и ускорения расчетов. Практические советы автора по превращению сложных задач в простые помогут дополнить школьные знания, развить скорость и точность вычислений, научат с удовольствием, без труда и ошибок манипулировать с числами.

Chapter headings: 1. The Mycenaean Age 2. The Iron Age 3. The Age of Colonization 4. The Rise of Sparta 5. The Age of Tyrants 6. The Rise of Athens 7. Asia Minor 8. The Persian War 9. The Golden Age 10. The Peloponnesian War 11. Sparta In Control 12. Decline 13. Macedonia 14. The Successors of Alexander 15. The Twilight of Freedom 16. The Hellenistic Monarchies 17. Rome and Constantinople 18. The Ottoman Empire 19. Table of Dates