The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the tenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between March 1972 and July 1973. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1973.
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Author | Isaac Asimov |
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Cover artist | Roger Zimmerman |
Language | English |
Series | Fantasy & Science Fiction essays |
Genre | Science |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1973 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | print (Hardback and Paperback) |
Pages | 220 |
ISBN | 0-385-07221-X |
Preceded by | The Left Hand of the Electron |
Followed by | Of Matters Great and Small |
Contents
edit- A — About the Moon
- 1 — The Tragedy of the Moon
- 2 — The Triumph of the Moon
- 3 — Moon Over Babylon
- 4 — The Week Excuse
- B — About Other Small Worlds
- 5 — The World Ceres
- 6 — The Clock in the Sky
- C — About Carbon
- 7 — The One and Only
- 8 — The Unlikely Twins
- D — About Micro-organisms
- 9 — Through The Microglass
- 10 — Down From The Amoeba
- 11 — The Cinderella Compound
- E — About the Thyroid Gland
- 12 — Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat
- F — About Society
- 13 — Lost in Non-Translation
- 14 — The Ancient and the Ultimate
- 15 — By The Numbers
- G — And (You Guessed It!) About Me
- 16 — The Cruise And I (July 1973)
- 17 — Academe And I
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