Isaac Asimov

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told him (wilson). Sooner or later his father gave in and told him not to forget his library books (Erlanger 11). However, this reading material was the only thing that his dad would let him touch on the magazine rack.
Young Isaac was a brilliant student. He went through school more quickly than other students. But there was one thing holding him back which was him being a class clown. He was frequently in trouble for talking in class (Erlanger 16). The person he could really identify with was his friend, "Solly," Solomon Frisch. Solly made up stories mostly every day off the top of his head for Isaac. This was when Isaac learned that stories do not have to come from magazines or books, they can come from a person. Unfortunately when Solly and Isaac were both seven, they parted as a result of both families moving. The Asimovs moved on Essex street near Judah's new candy store. As the years went on and he graduated Boys High School in 1935, he applied to Columbia ...

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first wife Gertrude. As talked about before, Isaac wanted to become a doctor. Although he did not fulfill this dream of his, he had many different careers under his belt; Boston University School of medicine instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor of biochemistry, and also as a civilian chemist at the U.S. Navy Air Experimental Station (Galenet). Believe it or not, Isaac was rejected twelve times before he landed his first short story in a magazine. But, his persistence made him one of the most known science fiction writers of all time, just under five-hundred books compiled of his works are what made him what he is today. Mr. Asimov has also received over ...

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