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''The Sun Shines Bright'' is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist
Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...
. It was the fifteenth of a series of books collecting essays from '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1981.


Contents

*The Sun *#Out, Damned Spot! *#The Sun Shines Bright *#The Noblest Metal of Them All *The Stars *#
  • How Little? *#Siriusly Speaking *#Below the Horizon *The Planets *#
  • Just Thirty Years *The Moon *#
  • A Long Day's Journey *#The Inconstant Moon *The Elements *#
  • The Useless Metal *#Neutrality! *#The Finger of God *The Cell *#
  • Clone, Clone of My Own *The Scientists *#
  • Alas, All Human *The People *#
  • The Unsecret Weapon *#More Crowded! *#Nice Guys Finish First!


    Reception

    Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...
    reviewed ''The Sun Shines Bright'' for ''
    White Dwarf A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: its mass is comparable to the Sun's, while its volume is comparable to the Earth's. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes fro ...
    '' #44, and stated that "Each essay presents some interesting insight or viewpoint, usually scientific; most of them, alas, are padded and smothered with great wads of facts, statistics and numbers in general, the result being relatively dull."


    Reviews

    *Review by David Langford
    s by Dave Langford S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History ...
    (1983) in ''Paperback Inferno'', Volume 7, Number 1


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    External links


    Asimovonline.com
    Essay collections by Isaac Asimov 1981 books Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Doubleday (publisher) books {{sci-essay-stub