''The Secret of the Universe'' (1991) is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist
Isaac Asimov
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. It is the twenty-second and final of a series of books collecting essays from ''
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...
'' (''F&SF''). Asimov died in 1992.
The 22 books collect 373 of Asimov's 399 essays for the magazine.
List of ''F&SF'' essays at Asimovonline.com
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Contents
* "The Cosmic Lens" (February 1989)
* "The Secret of the Universe" (March 1989)
* "The Moon's Twin" (April 1989)
* "The Changing Distance" (May 1989)
* "A Change of Air" (June 1989)
* "The Importance of Pitch" (July 1989)
* "Long Ago and Far Away" (August 1989)
* "The True Rulers" (September 1989)
* "The Nearest Star" (October 1989)
* "Massing the Sun" (November 1989)
* "What Are Little Stars Made Of?" (December 1989)
* "Hot, Cold, and Con Fusion" (January 1990)
* "Business as Usual" (February 1990)
* "Smashing the Sky" (March 1990)
* "Worlds in Order" (April 1990)
* "Just Say 'No'?" (May 1990)
* "The Salt-Producers" (June 1990)
References
External links
Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
1991 non-fiction books
Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Doubleday (publisher) books
Essay collections
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