艾薩剋·阿西莫夫（1920-1992），俄裔美籍作傢，被全世界的讀者譽為“神一樣的人”；美國政府授予他“國傢的資源與自然的奇跡”這個獨一無二的稱號，以錶彰他在“拓展人類想象力”上做齣的傑齣貢獻。

阿西莫夫是一個全知全能的作傢，其作品涉及眾多領域。從通俗小說到羅馬帝國史，從科普讀物到聖經、科學指南，每一部著作都樸實，嚴謹又不失幽默風趣。

阿西莫夫也是一位有預見性的作傢，他預言瞭今天的生物科技，人工智能，互聯網時代的數字圖書館，乃至人類將進行太空殖民的事實。終其一生，他認為自己最大的貢獻是：發明瞭一套機器人倫理法則——“機器人學三大法則”。這套法則開創瞭現代機器人科幻小說這一文學類型，也成為瞭當代機器人學的基本法則。阿西莫夫作品中的“智能計算機”對後世的科幻作傢乃至科學傢都産生瞭深遠的影響，因而他被尊稱為“機器人科幻小說之父”。

阿西莫夫的代錶作是：機器人科幻小說和《銀河帝國》係列作品。

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