With a little digging, I managed to find another copy of "The Last Question" online. I'm not going to require you to read it, but you should. I'll start up a forum folder for people who would like to discuss it.
"The Last Question"
Our discussion of the infinite spurred me into digging up some visual references for you, so enjoy the pictures in the links. All of the pictures were taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, bringing you space porn since 1990.
Hubble Deep Field galactic nursery
A picture of a pinwheel type galaxy (like the Milky Way)
A picture of Galaxy M51 and its companion
Showing posts with label Readings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Readings. Show all posts
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Eng 102 Asimov Readings
All of the short stories for the class are written by Isaac Asimov, and can be found on the Scribd website listed in the syllabus, or through the following link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/32973713/Isaac-Asimov. Now, as this is a large book scanned into a pdf file on scribd, it will take some time to download to your computer, and scribd is not the fastest of websites in the first place. You do have two alternatives when it comes to the story as follows:
1) Buy the anthology I listed on the syllabus and showed you on the first day of class. There should be a few copies at local bookstores (not school textbook bookstores) available without the need to order more.
2) You can also find the Asimov readings in the class GoogleDocs folder. The file is called Isaac Asimov.pdf, or you can click the following link to be taken straight to it: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5SpfaKFzmqAOTdhYTM5OTQtMjY0Mi00ZTk2LTgxOWUtNDdkNzZkZjg5ZjI3&sort=name&layout=list&pid=0B5SpfaKFzmqANDE0MDMzNDQtZmM0OS00ZDMwLThmNDItYTdjNTdmOTA4NzNi&cindex=5 Bear in mind the file is still fairly large, and might take some time to download. Use the page numbers found in the syllabus (or in the Google Calendar) to find the story you need.
Please try and bring copies of the story with you to class as you may need to reference it during class discussions. Please do not try and print out the whole book; print only those pages you need.
1) Buy the anthology I listed on the syllabus and showed you on the first day of class. There should be a few copies at local bookstores (not school textbook bookstores) available without the need to order more.
2) You can also find the Asimov readings in the class GoogleDocs folder. The file is called Isaac Asimov.pdf, or you can click the following link to be taken straight to it: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5SpfaKFzmqAOTdhYTM5OTQtMjY0Mi00ZTk2LTgxOWUtNDdkNzZkZjg5ZjI3&sort=name&layout=list&pid=0B5SpfaKFzmqANDE0MDMzNDQtZmM0OS00ZDMwLThmNDItYTdjNTdmOTA4NzNi&cindex=5 Bear in mind the file is still fairly large, and might take some time to download. Use the page numbers found in the syllabus (or in the Google Calendar) to find the story you need.
Please try and bring copies of the story with you to class as you may need to reference it during class discussions. Please do not try and print out the whole book; print only those pages you need.
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