[ale] Engineering Archaeology

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

I recall remarking many years ago after reading some of Isaac Azimov's
essays that it was clear he had a high opinion of Issac Azimov. 

>From his Science Fiction I had a fairly high opinion as well but thought it
unseemly for him to be quite so obviously his own fan.  

That made me think of reading Robert Heinlein's essay about his visit to the
Soviet Union.  It seemed to me he must have been frothing at the mouth as he
wrote part of it.  It made me wonder why he had gone there.

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Subject: Re: [ale] Engineering Archaeology

Not so long ago, md wrote:
> >A little while later, I was in a used bookstore and found a handbook 
> >Isaac
> Asimov wrote in 60's. I still haven't learned how to use it! Maybe 
> when I retire?
> 
> You mean this one?
> 
> https://archive.org/details/easyintroduction00isaa
> 
> Asimov not only shows you HOW to use it, but he tells you WHY it works 
> and even shows you how to build your own.
> 
> Very much like Open Source Software.

Yep! Glad it's online. Asimov wrote an astonishing variety of non-fiction I
still have the collections of his F&SF essays

-- 
  Joe Morris                       Atlanta history blog
  joe at jolomo.net                   http://atlhistory.com
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