Are we slaves of new technology? ( based on I. Asimov’s works ) МБОУ СОШ №1 г.о. Климовск Выполнили учащиеся 11класса: Данцев А.Т. Львов С. И. Шунин Е. В. Руководитель: Красновид Л. Ф.

Are we slaves of new technology? based on I. Asimov’s works

* He was going to become a doctor, but was afraid of blood

*Robert Heinlein(a novelist), L. Sprague de Camp, and Isaac Asimov(worked as a chemist), Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1944

John Wood Campbell who was the first to highly appreciate "Marooned Off Vesta" and print it in the Amazing Stories magazine in 1939.

*«No one stirred the imagination of science fiction readers quite like Asimov and helped us define our visions of the future» The Los Angeles Times

*His interests covered various fields of science

* The Robots’ creator

* His robots acquired human’s qualities

* «Here it is, 2014, and I still don’t have my flying car. When I was younger I was certain that the 21st century would live up to its bookshelf hype and that I would be visiting domed cities on the mountains of Mars or, at the very least, ordering around my robot servants. No such luck.» The Los Angeles Times

* He never used a computer to write his books, but only a typewriter

They enjoyed writing for children together

*A great man and a great writer...You can take his book as sci-fi or as philosophical, or action... you can always find new things in his work... He is the father of a way of thinking that will never grow old... A true new Jules Verne … *Here is Isaac, laying down all the "global warming" evidence that scientists are finally realizing. Perhaps if we got over selfish tendencies we could heed his warning and become "One Earth under Mind" instead of many dead nations under gods.

Asimov defined his intellectual position as a Humanist and rationalist. He embraced environmental issues, and supported feminism…

He is credited for introducing the words "positronic", "psychohistory", and "robotics" into the English language. He penned such classics as "I, Robot" and the "Foundation" series, which are the most impressive of his writings.

Resources: 1. I. Asimov Foundation/Академия - М.: Издательство «Менеджер»,2003. – 256с. 2. I. Asimov Science fiction stories/Короткие фантастические рассказы – М.: Издательство «Айрис Пресс», – 80с Isaak Asimov Biography. 4. I. Asimov The Bicentennial Man/Двухсотлетний человек. Издательство:«Doubleday science fiction», The Los Angeles Times 6. Arthur C. Clarke Science fiction writer.