Isaac Asimov, who has been called 'The Balzac of Science', presents this new volume of seventeen lucid, humorous and awesomely well expounded articles on a variety of topics in physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology and technology. Here are: 'The Victorious General', a well reasoned interpretation of Einstein's general theory of relativity; 'Love Makes the World Go Round', an artful and intriguing speculation on the hidden forces that bind the universe together; 'More Thinking about Thinking', a contemplation on the wonders of human and artificial intelligence; and 'Coming Full circle', a thoughtful meditation on the human heart, inspired by his own recent triple bypass surgery. Each chapter begins with a humorous, often personal anecdote, related to the subject at hand. These essays are full of information, artful and charming-guaranteed to enlighten and entertain. All the essays originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction during 1983 and 1984