by Isaac Asimov · ALIANZA / CLUB INTERNACIONAL DEL LIBRO: BIBLIOTECA FUNDAMENTAL DE NUESTRO TIEMPO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420692463
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«La tragedia de la luna», by Isaac Asimov, is a collection of scientific essays published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (254 pages, in Spanish).
Asimov brings together popular science essays on scientific and social topics: the Moon and other bodies of the solar system, carbon, the discovery of DNA, the function of the thyroid gland, microorganisms and the speed of light, as well as reflections on racism and the future of the media.
It belongs to the collection «Biblioteca Fundamental de Nuestro Tiempo», number 56. Translated by Antonio Escohotado from the original «The Tragedy of the Moon».
Aimed at those who want to approach scientific popularisation with Isaac Asimov, with reflections on science and society.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
