For the "real world" article on the author and scientific adviser for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, please see Isaac Asimov.
Isaac Asimov was a 20th century American science fiction author and scientist. During the mid-1950s, Asimov's stories were published by a magazine called Galaxy. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars") His books included The Complete Robot. (PIC: "Maps and Legends")
Data's positronic brain was based on Asimov's dream of such a device one day being constructed. (TNG: "Datalore")
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 47, the birth and death years of Dr. Isaac Asimov were 1920 and 1992, respectively.
External links[]
- Isaac Asimov at Wikipedia
- Isaac Asimov at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Isaac Asimov at SF-Encyclopedia.com
- Asimov online