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Foundation 3-Book Bundle Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

The original trilogy of Isaac Asimov’s bestselling science fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series, in a convenient ebook bundle

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The Rest Is History

The podcast described Foundation as a massively influential series of three novels--Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation--directly inspired by Gibbon's history.

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He wrote this kind of massively, massively influential series of novels called Foundation.

— Episode: 412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune an...

Episode: 412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond.....

The podcast described Foundation as a massively influential series of three novels--Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation--directly inspired by Gibbon's history.

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He wrote this kind of massively, massively influential series of novels called Foundation.

three novels, Foundation, Foundation and empire, second foundation.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

In one episode, Sal Khan recalled reading the series in seventh grade and said it inspired him to think on a grand, civilization‑scale level, shaping his vision for Khan Academy and emphasizing the importance of preserving knowledge. In another episode, Paul Eremenko mentioned growing up with Asimov’s science‑fiction works, noting they sparked his early fascination with space and aviation. Both guests highlighted the title’s influence on their thinking and career paths.

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Episode: HIBT Lab! Universal Hydrogen: Paul Eremenko

Paul mentioned being influenced by Isaac Asimov's science fiction during his childhood, which fostered his interest in space exploration and aviation.

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I was raised on the works of science fiction of the likes of Jules Verne and Arthur Clark and Isaac Asimov.

Episode: (September 2020) Khan Academy: Sal Khan. From Tuto...

Sal Khan recalled reading the Foundation series in seventh grade, saying it inspired him to think on a grand, civilizationscale level and influenced his vision for Khan Academy.

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I was super inspired when I was young. In seventh grade, I read the Foundation series, Isaac Asimov. The protagonist is someone named Harry Seldon, who's kind of a new form of academic that's a combination of mathematics, economics, history, psychology. And he's able to predict largescale historical movements. ... It feels so inspiring and epic to think on that scale well beyond ourselves. The other aha from that book was that the way to preserve civilization is really through knowledge.

Timcast IRL

Tony Shaffer mentioned that he had read the Foundation Trilogy as a child and thought it was brilliant. He was referencing the idea of technology and artificial general intelligence, which was the main theme of the book.

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I'm looking at them right now because I came up, and I wrote a foundation, the foundation trilogy as a kid, and I thought it was all brilliant. The idea that we would have technology. And I thought th...

— Episode: Timcast IRL #1010 Judge Dismisses Illega...

Episode: Timcast IRL #1010 Judge Dismisses Illegal Immigran...

Tony Shaffer mentioned that he had read the Foundation Trilogy as a child and thought it was brilliant. He was referencing the idea of technology and artificial general intelligence, which was the main theme of the book.

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I'm looking at them right now because I came up, and I wrote a foundation, the foundation trilogy as a kid, and I thought it was all brilliant. The idea that we would have technology. And I thought that's great, but clearly there's no interest in that at all.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The podcasters mentioned the "Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov while discussing the dedication of museum workers in maintaining knowledge amidst chaos and danger.

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It reminds me of Foundation, which is a great series by Isaac Asimov.

— Episode: The Strange Story of Secret Museums

Episode: The Strange Story of Secret Museums

The podcasters mentioned the "Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov while discussing the dedication of museum workers in maintaining knowledge amidst chaos and danger.

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It reminds me of Foundation, which is a great series by Isaac Asimov.

Episode: CLASSIC: Big Data and You

It was discussed as a science fiction series exploring the fictional science of psychohistory, which is a method for predicting the future on a large scale.

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We've seen things like Isaac Asimov's foundation series, which deal with the fictional at this point fictional science of psycho history, predicting the future on a large scale event.

Episode: The Strange Story of Secret Museums

The podcast hosts brought up this book series while discussing the dedication of museum staff in challenging environments, drawing a parallel with the book's characters who work towards preserving knowledge and civilization.

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It reminds me of Foundation, which is a great series by Isaac Asimov. Those folks, I don't think we should say this lightly, they're heroes.

Episode: CLASSIC: Big Data and You

The podcast briefly mentioned it as an example of a science fiction series that explores the concept of predicting future events on a large scale.

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We've seen things like Isaac Asimov's foundation series, which deal with the fictional at this point fictional science of psycho history, predicting the future on a large scale event.

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