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Isaac Asimov (/ˈæzɪmɒv/;[b] c.  January 2,[a] 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer, and wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards.[c]

Native name

יצחק אזימאװ[1]

Born

Isaak Azimov

c.  January 2, 1920[a]

Petrovichi, Russian SFSR

Died

April 6, 1992 (aged 72)

Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

Occupation

Writer, professor of biochemistry

Nationality

Russian then Soviet (early years), American (since 1928)

Education

Columbia University:

Bachelor of Science, 1939

Master of Arts, 1941

Doctor of Philosophy, 1948

Genre

Science fiction (hard SF, social SF), mystery, popular science

Subject

Popular science, science textbooks, essays, history, literary criticism

Literary movement

Golden Age of Science Fiction

Years active

1939–1992

Spouse

Gertrude Blugerman

(m. 1942; div. 1973)

Janet Opal Jeppson

(m. 1973)

Children

2

Relatives

Eric Asimov (nephew)

Signature

Scientific career

Fields

Biochemistry

Institutions

Boston University

Thesis

The kinetics of the reaction inactivation of tyrosinase during its catalysis of the aerobic oxidation of catechol (1948)

Doctoral advisor

Charles Reginald Dawson

Other academic advisors

Robert Elderfield (post-doctoral)

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