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Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency.


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Author Bio


  • NameIsaac Asimov
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesIsaak Yudovich Osimov; Isaak Osimov; Paul French
  • BornJanuary 2, 1920
  • DiedApril 6, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • ProfessionBiochemist; Novelist; Prosaist; Autobiographer; Science Fiction Writer; Science Writer
  • WorksFoundation Series; Robot Series; Nightfall; The Intelligent Man's Guide To Science; I, Robot; The Bicentennial Man; The Gods Themselves
  • AwardsHugo Award; Nebula Award; Locus Award; Humanist Of The Year