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The road to infinity

by Isaac Asimov

A collection of 17 science and speculative essays originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction between October 1977 and February 1979, exploring topics ranging from astronomy to mathematics.

Accession 14640 ISBN 0380541556 Publisher Avon Books
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