1. Isaac asimov Born Isaak Ozimov on January 2, 1920 in Russia
Died April 6, 1992
Became a professor of biochemistry at Boston University
Had a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University
Known for works of science fiction and popular science
Considered one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers

2. Why is he remembered? One of the most prolific writers of all time
Wrote or edited over 500 books
Over 90,000 personal letters
Published in all genres

3. KNOWN FOR FUTURISM
Popular Writing
Robot Series
Galactic Empire Series

4. LAWS OF ROBOTICS

5. COINED THE TERM ROBOT

6. IN HIS HONOR Asteroid 5020 Crater on Mars
An Elementary School in Brooklyn
The Isaac Asimov Literary Award

7. First robot story Robbie was Asimov’s first robot story
He started writing it in 1939 and published it a year later
A revised version was printed in his book, I, Robot in 1950
It was later turned into a blockbuster movie with Will Smith

8. THEMES IN ROBOT DREAMS

9. Robot Dreams
"Robot Dreams", is a collection of 20 science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie. It was published in Robot Dreams in by Berkley Books.
The title story is about Susan Calvin's discovery of a robot with rather disturbing dreams.  It explores the unbalance of robot/human relationships under Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. It was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1987. It won the Locus Award for Best Short Story in 1987. It was written specifically for this volume and inspired by the McQuarrie cover illustration.
All of the other stories had previously appeared in various other Asimov collections. Four of the stories are robot stories, while five are Multivac stories.