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I, Robot /

Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age.

Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand:
1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

Isaac Asimov

GMD	BOOK
Classification	F ASI
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2013
Subject	Fiction / Science Fiction / GeneralJuvenile Fiction / Science FictionArtificial IntelligenceRobotsAmerican fictionFiction / ClassicsFiction / Fantasy / GeneralFantasyFantasy (Fiction)Action and AdventureFuturismYoung Adult Fiction / DystopianEthicsComputersYoung Adult Fiction / Computers & Digital MediaLawSocial IssuesClassic literatureTechnologyChemistryPhysics
ISBN	9780007532278
Additional ISBN	000753227X
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REVIEWS:
"Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov." Carl Sagan

"Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction." Daily Telegraph

"Asimov's career was one of the most formidable in science fiction." The Times

"I, Robot is a must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike, for it throws ideas at us about Artificial Intelligence, and all of us live in a golden age of technology when the field of robotics is expanding at a speedy rate. In a nutshell, I, Robot is a thought-provoking, thrilling, and enjoyable book." The Guardian

Isaac Asimov, world maestro of science fiction, was born in Russia near Smolensk in 1920 and was brought to the United States by his parents three years later. He grew up in Brooklyn where he went to grammar school and at the age of eight he gained his citizen papers. A remarkable memory helped him finish high school before he was sixteen. He then went on to Columbia University and resolved to become a chemist rather than follow the medical career his father had in mind for him. He graduated in chemistry and after a short spell in the Army he gained his doctorate in 1949 and qualified as an instructor in biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine where he became Associate Professor in 1955, doing research in nucleic acid. Increasingly, however, the pressures of chemical research conflicted with his aspirations in the literary field, and in 1958 he retired to full-time authorship while retaining his connection with the University.