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In Asimov’s seminal Foundation trilogy, the long‑ruled Galactic Empire is on the brink of collapse. Hari Seldon, creator of psychohistory—a mathematical science that predicts large‑scale human behavior—foresees a forthcoming dark age that will last thirty thousand years. To avert this, he gathers the most brilliant scientists and scholars and relocates them to a remote planet on the galaxy’s edge, creating the Foundation, a beacon of hope and a repository of human knowledge. As the Empire recedes, the nascent Foundation faces the threat of corrupt warlords and must decide whether to surrender to barbarism or defend its principles of freedom, risking destruction to secure a better future.
First publish date: 1951
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Isaac Asimov
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