Isaac Asimov writes about actual and fictional scientists—from Archimedes in his bath to the alien astronomers on the far planet of Largesh—whose minds and discoveries have shaped our past, present, and future. Unique is where you find it The eureka phenomenon The feeling of power The comet that wasn't Found! Twinkle, twinkle, microwaves Paté de foie gras The bridge of the gods Belief Euclid's fifth The plane truth The billiard ball The winds of change The figure of the fastest The dead past The fateful lightning Breeds there a man? The man who massed the earth Nightfall The planet that wasn't The ugly little boy The three who died too soon The last question The nobel prize that wasn't