Adding a Dimension

{{short description|Book by Isaac Asimov}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Adding a Dimension

| author = Isaac Asimov

| image = File:AddingADimension.jpg

| caption = First edition

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Science, technology, speculation

| genre =

| publisher = Doubleday

| release_date = June 5, 1964

| media_type = print (Hardback and Paperback)

| pages =

| isbn = 0-234-77874-1

| preceded_by = View from a Height

| followed_by = Of Time and Space and Other Things

}}

Adding a Dimension is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the third of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1964.

Contents

  • Part I: Mathematics
  • T-Formation (August 1963)
  • One, Ten, Buckle My Shoe (December 1962)
  • Varieties of the Infinite (September 1959)
  • A Piece of Pi (May 1960)
  • Tools of the Trade (September 1960)
  • The Imaginary that Isn't (March 1961)
  • Pre-Fixing It Up (November 1962)
  • Part II: Physics
  • The Rigid Vacuum (April 1963)
  • The Light that Failed (June 1963)
  • The Light Fantastic (August 1962)
  • Part III: Chemistry
  • Slow Burn (October 1962)
  • You, Too, Can Speak Gaelic (March 1963)
  • Part IV: Biology
  • The Lost Generation (February 1963)
  • He's Not My Type (January 1963)
  • Part V: Astronomy
  • The Shape of Things (September 1962)
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (October 1963)
  • Part VI: General
  • The Isaac Winners (July 1963)

External links

  • [http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/Essays/f_and_sf_essays.html Asimovonline.com]
  • [http://thethunderchild.com/Sourcebooks/Asimov/AisForAsimov/AddingADimension.html Adding a Dimension] at The Thunder Childv
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{{Asimov essay collections}}

Category:Essay collections by Isaac Asimov

Category:1964 books

Category:Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Category:Doubleday (publisher) books

Category:Scientific essays

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