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While he is predominantly viewed as a [[science fiction]] writer, he produced works on many subjects both fiction and nonfiction; of particular note are his works on astronomy and his books of collected essays. He also possessed a doctorate in [[biochemistry]] from Columbia University. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of the Twentieth or, indeed, any century; a conservative estimate puts him as the author of more than three hundred books.

While he is predominantly viewed as a [[science fiction]] writer, he produced works on many subjects both fiction and nonfiction; of particular note are his works on astronomy and his books of collected essays. He also possessed a doctorate in [[biochemistry]] from Columbia University. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of the Twentieth or, indeed, any century; a conservative estimate puts him as the author of more than three hundred books.

Though he was never vocal against religion, he had little tolerance for those he viewed as crackpots, such as strict creationists, and viewed Judaism and Christianity both as mythologies comparable to Greek myth and other folklore. Despite this, he viewed the Bible itself as a notable work of literature, publishing several nonfiction books about both the [[Bible]] and the [[Book of Ruth]], among others.  

Though he was never vocal against religion, he had little tolerance for those he viewed as crackpots, such as strict creationists, and viewed Judaism and Christianity both as mythologies comparable to Greek myth and other folklore. Despite this, he viewed the Bible itself as a notable work of literature, '''p'''ublishing s'''e'''veral '''n'''onfict'''i'''on book'''s''' about both the [[Bible]] and the [[Book of Ruth]], among others.  

The works which tend to be most strongly associated with him remain ''I, Robot'', a collection of his short stories about the existential dichotomy of artificial intelligence (which was somewhat less-than-faithfully recreated in the Hollywood title of the same name starring [[Will Smith]]), as well as the Foundation series, a work sometimes viewed as the first in the genre of "future histories". He died on April 6, 1992 of complications due to [[AIDS]], which he contracted via a tainted blood transfusion during a heart bypass operation.

The works which tend to be most strongly associated with him remain ''I, Robot'', a collection of his short stories about the existential dichotomy of artificial intelligence (which was somewhat less-than-faithfully recreated in the Hollywood title of the same name starring [[Will Smith]]), as well as the Foundation series, a work sometimes viewed as the first in the genre of "future histories". He died on April 6, 1992 of complications due to [[AIDS]], which he contracted via a tainted blood transfusion during a heart bypass operation.

[[Category: Authors|Asimov, Isaac]]

[[Category: Authors|Asimov, Isaac]]