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Американский писатель Айзек Азимов (1920–1992) был одним из самых плодовитых авторов XX века. Он писал на огромное количество тем — от Библии до Шекспира, — но именно его научные книги, как художественные, так и научно-популярные, оказали на меня наибольшее влияние. Мемуары, написанные к