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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by lIl-IIIl on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @03:37AM (#41634072)
Not surprising!

"Asimov was so prolific and diverse in his writing that his books span all major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification except for category 100, philosophy and psychology" - from his Wikipedia page.

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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by dotancohen on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @08:26AM (#41635758)
He was also incredibly talented in phrasing ideas so that they stick in the reader's mind. I am right now sitting next to a dog Asimov named after him.
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