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'''Isaac Asimov''' (January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992) was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist who was of [[Jewish]] descent (or more strictly [[Humanist]]) of [[Russia]]n descent, whose parents emigrated to the United States from the [[Soviet Union]] when he was three years of age.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me Isaac Asimov quote]</ref>
== Life ==
He celebrated his birthday on January 2, but might have been born as early as October 4, 1919.<ref>http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#non-literary3.</ref> The family arrived in New York City on February 3, 1923.<ref>http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#non-literary3.</ref> He is often viewed as one of the "Big Three" of so-called classic science fiction, along with [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Robert A. Heinlein]], both of whom he viewed as friends.
