On this very day in 1992, the world bid farewell to the greatest Sci-Fi writers of all time; Issac Asimov. Now why do I call him the greatest Sci-Fi writer, because he is the BEST.
Look at what he's done; he gave us The Foundation Series, The Laws of Robotics (he actually coined the term Robotics), Psycohistory, the stories of Elijah Baley and R.Daneel Olivaw, the innumerable stories of Susan Calvin, man the list goes on and on and on.
Here's my tribute to Asimov on his 18th death anniversary.
When i was in the 12th standard, I had trouble understanding the 2nd law of thermodynamics. So i was googling and i found this by Issac Asimov. And i was amazed by how the man made something so complex so simple. It is exactly as Albert Einstein said: "You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother"
Here's the piece:
"Another way of stating the second law then is, 'The universe is constantly getting more disorderly!' Viewed that way we can see the second law all about us. We have to work hard to straighten a room, but left to itself it becomes a mess again very quickly and very easily. Even if we never enter it, it becomes dusty and musty. How difficult to maintain houses, and machinery, and our own bodies in perfect working order: how easy to let them deteriorate. In fact, all we have to do is nothing, and everything deteriorates, collapses, breaks down, wears out, all by itself - and that is what the second law is all about."
Issac Asimov; I salute you.
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