The Roving Mind

Isaac Asimov's death on April 6 1992 was a great loss to the world of literary science and freethought. The prolific author's vision is unmatched today and his pointed honesty shines through in The Roving Mind now reissued in this special tribute edition.This collection of essays is wide-ranging reflecting Asimov's extraordinary skill in disseminating knowledge from across the spectrum of human thought. Some of the areas explored in this volume of 62 essays include creationism pseudoscience censorship population philosophy of science transportation computers and corporations of the future and astronomy. His predictions about cloning which has only recently become the topic of public debate the theory of technophobia and other scientific developments are astounding. In a lighter tone Asimov includes several personal stories from his life including thoughts on his style of writing and memories of family in younger days.With tributes by Arthur C. Clarke L. Sprague de Camp Harlan Ellison Kendrick Frazier Martin Gardner Donald Goldsmith Stephen Jay Gould E. C. Krupp Frederik Pohl and Carl Sagan