Asimov was born 103 years ago. Five famous quotes

Jan. 2 () –

This January 2 marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth, in 1920, of the writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov, known for being a prolific author of works of science fiction, history, and popular science.

Died in 1992, the Russian-American polymath author of Foundation has many famous quotes to his credit. Here we leave you a selection of five, which describe their vision of life and the world.

– “The saddest part of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”

– “In life, unlike chess, the game continued after checkmate.”

– “A poor well written idea is probably more accepted than a poorly written good idea.”

– “Life is nice. Death is peaceful. It is the transition that is problematic.”

– “The most exciting phrase that can be heard in science, when a new discovery is announced, is not ‘Eureka’ (I found it), but ‘it’s strange'”.