View from a Height

View from a Height

First edition
Author Isaac Asimov
Country United States
Language English
Series Fantasy & Science Fiction essays
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
September 6, 1963
Media type print (Hardback and Paperback)
Preceded by Fact and Fancy
Followed by Adding a Dimension

View from a Height is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by Isaac Asimov. It was the second of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, written between 1959 and 1962. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1963.

The collection includes the essay "By Jove!", the source of the Asimov misquote describing the Solar System (besides the Sun) as "Jupiter plus debris". The actual quote is "4 planets plus debris".[1]

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References

  1. Asimov, I. View From a Height (Lancer Books, 1963) p. 230

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