tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post3087080250905279600..comments2024-01-21T10:04:31.352-06:00Comments on Searching for Ithaka: Asimov's Foundation SeriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-78420240941634540532013-06-25T05:49:02.312-05:002013-06-25T05:49:02.312-05:00Thanks and it appears I have some more reading to ...Thanks and it appears I have some more reading to do!<br /><br />It's astounding how much material is available on http://www.dialectics.org and how long it has been growing. There was a similar effect although I don't know how comprehensive that came from Larry Niven's Ringworld series as people worked out a great deal of the science of it and Niven incorporated at least some of it in subsequent Ringworld novels.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152407256780002310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926870823165438047.post-1324401103047689682013-06-25T01:59:32.999-05:002013-06-25T01:59:32.999-05:00Alan,
I love Asimov's Foundation series also ...Alan,<br /><br />I love Asimov's Foundation series also for his vision of continuing human progress.<br /><br />BTW, I think the Foundation series actually ended up as a 'heptalogy' of seven volumes -- there is also a volume entitled "Forward The Foundation", and another entitled "Prelude to Foundation"!<br /><br />FYI: I've found a group that has followed Asimov's mythopoeia, and even derived seven "psychohistorical equations" for the psychohistory of humanity on Earth.<br /><br />They had to discover a new mathematics to pull it off.<br /><br />Here's the link to their Seldonian equations --<br /><br /><br />http://www.dialectics.org/dialectics/...<br /><br /><br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Miguel Miguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248430239985941363noreply@blogger.com