A Study Guide for Isaac Asimov's "The Machine that Won the War"

A Study Guide for Isaac Asimov's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 37
Release:
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410351785

A Study Guide for Isaac Asimov's "The Machine that Won the War," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1990
Genre: Science fiction, American
ISBN:

Collection of 48 science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov.

Nightfall Two

Nightfall Two
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1969
Genre:
ISBN: 9780586036570

Wired for War

Wired for War
Author: P. W. Singer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2009-01-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1440685975

“[Singer's] enthusiasm becomes infectious . . . Wired for War is a book of its time: this is strategy for the Facebook generation.” —Foreign Affairs “An engrossing picture of a new class of weapon that may revolutionize future wars. . .” —Kirkus Reviews P. W. Singer explores the great­est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The Terminator. Blending historical evidence with interviews of an amaz­ing cast of characters, Singer shows how technology is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and the ethics that surround war itself. Travelling from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to modern-day "skunk works" in the midst of suburbia, Wired for War will tantalise a wide readership, from military buffs to policy wonks to gearheads.

Norby the Mixed-Up Robot

Norby the Mixed-Up Robot
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1504095502

A Space Academy student and his time-travelling robot stop an evil villain from taking over the Solar System in this children’s sci-fi classic. Fourteen-year-old Jeff Wells, a cadet at the Space Academy on Mars, is in danger of being kicked out unless he can improve his grades. With a little help from the academy’s commandant, Jeff finds a robot named Norby to help him study. But Norby’s no ordinary robot. He has the only mini-anti-gravity device in existence. Norby’s special abilities suddenly come in handy when a villain named Ing targets Jeff’s older brother in his quest to conquer the Solar System. When Ing takes over Manhattan Island, renaming it “the Kingdom of Ing,” Norby and Jeff put studying aside to teach Ing a lesson!

Foundation

Foundation
Author: D. G. Leahy
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 716
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780791420225

This book presents the ontological and logical foundation of a new form of thinking, the beginning of an “absolute phenomenology.” It does so in the context of the history of thought in Europe and America. It explores the ramifications of a categorically new logic. Thinkers dealt with include Plato, Galileo, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Peirce, James, Dewey, Derrida, McDermott, and Altizer.

I, Robot

I, Robot
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Voyager
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-05
Genre: Robots
ISBN: 9780008279554

Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

The Robot Novels

The Robot Novels
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988
Genre: Robots
ISBN: 9780345331199

"The Caves of Steel"--Science fiction suspense as New York City detective, Elijah Baley, and his partner, a robot named R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate the murder of Spacetown's leading scientist.

The Complete Robot

The Complete Robot
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Voyager
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2018-05-09
Genre: Robots
ISBN: 9780008277819

A collection of all of Isaac Asimov's robot stories, including some which have never before appeared in book form.

Fantastic Voyage II

Fantastic Voyage II
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Spectra
Total Pages: 385
Release: 1988
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780553273274

From the phenomenal Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Voyage II, the fabulous sequel to bestselling Fantastic Voyage, is a powerful high-tech thriller set in the near future and in a human brain! A band of Americans and Russians are miniaturized in a joint effort to extract vital information from a comatose scientist's brain. Certain to become a science fiction classic.