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:1975 books

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

Category:Doubleday (publisher) books

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