Fundación

One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon. For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. And mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves--or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction. Collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays **Short stories:** Robot visions Too bad! [Robbie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46260W) Liar! Runaround Evidence Little lost robot The Evitable conflict Feminine intuition The Bicentennial man Someday Think! Segregationist Mirror image Lenny Galley slave Christmas without Rodney **Essays:** Robots I have known The New teachers Whatever you wish The Friends we make Our intelligent tools The Laws of robotics Future fantastic The gachine and the robot The Robot as enemy? Intelligences together My robots The Laws of humanics Cybernetic organism The Sense of humor Robots in combination El hombre se ha dispersado por los planetas de la galaxia. La capital del Imperio es Trántor, centro de todas las intrigas, símbolo de la corrupción imperial. Un psicohistoriador, Hari Seldon, prevé, gracias a su ciencia fundada en el estudio matemático de los hechos históricos, el derrumbamiento del Imperio, y el retorno a la barbarie por varios milenios. Seldon decide crear dos Fundaciones, situadas en cada extremo de la galaxia, a fin de reducir este período de barbarie a mil años. Éste es el primer título de la tetralogía de las Fundaciones.- Contracubierta El hombre ha salido de la Tierra y se ha dispersado por las galaxias, terribles problemas se avecinan y hay que crear Fundaciones que le permitan equilibrarse