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Isaac Asimov is, naast science fiction schrijver, ook een verwoed schrijver van artikelen over bijna alles. Dit boek bevat 62 (!) artikelen, geplaatst in diverse tijdschriften, over verschillende jaren.

Titel: The Roving Mind
Jaar van uitgifte: 1983
Taal: Engels

Ook hier heb ik de pdf bijgesloten, om te vergelijken.

Part I The Religious Radicals
1    The Army of the Night 5
2    Creationism and the Schools 16
3    The Reagan Doctrine 20
4    The Blind Who Would Lead 24
5    Creeping Censorship 27
6    Losing the Debate 29
Part II Other Aberrations
7     The Harvest of Intelligence 33
8     That Old-Time Violence 37
9     Little Green Men or Not? 40
10    Don't You Believe? 43
11    Open Mind? 47
12    The Role of the Heretic 49
Part III Population
13    The Good Earth Is Dying 59
14    The Price of Survival 66
15    Letter to a Newborn Child 72
Part IV Science: Opinion
16    Technophobia 77
17    What Have You Done for Us Lately? 84
18    Speculation 88
19    Is It Wise for Us to Contact Advanced Civilizations? 92
20    Pure and Impure 97
21    Do We Regulate Science? 104
22    For Public Understanding of Science 107
23    Science Corps 110
24    Science and Beauty 113
25    Art and Science 116
26    The Fascination of Science 120
27    Sherlock Holmes as Chemist 127
Part V Science: Explanation
28    The Global Jigsaw 135
29    The Inconstant Sun 139
30    The Sky of the Satellites 151
31    The Surprises of Pluto 157
32    Neutron Stars 160
33    Black Holes 16234    Faster than Light 165
35    Hyperspace 169
36    Beyond the Universe 175
37    Life on Earth 183
Part VI The Future
38    Transportation and the Future 191
39    The Corporation of the Future 200
40    The Future of Collecting 208
41    The Computerized World 214
42    The Individualism to Come 228
43    The Coming Age of Age 237
44    The Decade of Decision 244
45    Do You Want to Be Cloned? 251
46    The Hotel of the Future 256
47    The Future of Plants 262
48    Bacterial Engineering 266
49    Flying in Time to Come 272
50    The Ultimate in Communication 278
51    His Own Particular Drummer 285
52    The Future of Exploration 295
53    Homo Obsoletus? 300
54    Volatiles for the Life of Luna 307
55    Touring the Moon 312
56    Life on a Space Settlement 317
57    Payoff in Space 324
Part VII Personal
58    I Am a Signpost 331
59    The Word-Processor and I 334
60    A Question of Speed 337
61    A Question of Spelling 340
62    My Father 344