Of Matters Great and Small
{{short description|Collection of essays by Isaac Asimov}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Of Matters Great and Small
| author = Isaac Asimov
| image = File:OfMattersGreatAndSmall.jpg
| caption = First edition
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Fantasy & Science Fiction essays
| genre = Science
| publisher = Doubleday
| release_date = 1975
| media_type = print (Hardback and Paperback)
| pages =
| isbn = 0441610722
| preceded_by = The Tragedy of the Moon
| followed_by = The Planet That Wasn't
}}
Of Matters Great and Small is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the eleventh of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, although it also includes one essay from Science Digest.[http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/Essays/other_essays.html Asimovonline.com] It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1975.
Contents
- "Constant as the Northern Star" (F&SF, August 1973)
- "Signs of the Times" (September 1973)
- "The Mispronounced Metal" (October 1973)
- "The Figure of the Fastest" (November 1973)
- "The Figure of the Farthest" (December 1973)
- "The Eclipse and I" (January 1974)
- "Dance of the Luminaries" (February 1974)
- "The Uneternal Atoms" (March 1974)
- "A Particular Matter" (April 1974)
- "At Closest Range" (May 1974)
- "The Double-Ended Candle" (June 1974)
- "The Inevitability of Life" (Science Digest, June 1974)
- "As Easy as Two Plus Three" (F&SF, July 1974)
- "Updating the Asteroids" (August 1974)
- "Look Long upon a Monkey" (September 1974)
- "O Keen-eyed Peerer into the Future!" (October 1974)
- "Skewered!" (November 1974)
References
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External links
- [http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/Essays/f_and_sf_essays.html Asimovonline.com]
{{Asimov essay collections}}
Category:Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
Category:Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Category:Doubleday (publisher) books
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