His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Asimov was a prolific writer, and wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. To ensure the more favorable outcome, Seldon creates a foundation of talented artisans and engineers at the extreme end of the galaxy, to preserve and expand on humanity’s collective knowledge, and thus become the foundation for a new galactic empire. Seldon also foresees an alternative where the interregnum will last only one thousand years.

Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Galactic Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting 30,000 years before a second great empire arises.

Using the laws of mass action, it can predict the future, but only on a large scale. The Foundation Trilogy: Three Classics of Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov Author. Bibliographic information Title, The Foundation Trilogy: Three Classics of Science Fiction Author, Isaac Asimov Publisher, Doubleday, 1974 Length, 679 pages. The premise of the series is that the mathematician Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept of mathematical sociology. Title, The Foundation Trilogy: Three Classics of Science Fiction, Volumes 1-3. It won the one-time Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1966.

For nearly thirty years, the series was a trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation. The Foundation series is a science fiction series of books written by American author Isaac Asimov. About the Foundation series (from Wikipedia): 1st Book Club edition, containing the first three books on Asimov’s Foundation trilogy.

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov