The Sun Shines Bright (book)

The Sun Shines Bright is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the fifteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[1] It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1981.

The Sun Shines Bright
First edition
AuthorIsaac Asimov
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFantasy & Science Fiction essays
GenreScience
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
20 November 1981
Media typeprint (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages250
ISBN0-385-17145-5
Preceded byThe Road to Infinity 
Followed byCounting the Eons 

Contents
  • The Sun
    1. Out, Damned Spot!
    2. The Sun Shines Bright
    3. The Noblest Metal of Them All
  • The Stars
    1. How Little?
    2. Siriusly Speaking
    3. Below the Horizon
  • The Planets
    1. Just Thirty Years
  • The Moon
    1. A Long Day's Journey
    2. The Inconstant Moon
  • The Elements
    1. The Useless Metal
    2. Neutrality!
    3. The Finger of God
  • The Cell
    1. Clone, Clone of My Own
  • The Scientists
    1. Alas, All Human
  • The People
    1. The Unsecret Weapon
    2. More Crowded!
    3. Nice Guys Finish First!

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Sun Shines Bright for White Dwarf #44, and stated that "Each essay presents some interesting insight or viewpoint, usually scientific; most of them, alas, are padded and smothered with great wads of facts, statistics and numbers in general, the result being relatively dull."[2]

Reviews
  • Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1983) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 1[3]

References
  1. Asimov, Isaac (1984). The Sun Shines Bright. London: Grafton. p. 10. ISBN 0-586-05841-9.
  2. Langford, Dave (August 1983). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 44. Games Workshop. p. 14.
  3. "Title: The Sun Shines Bright".


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