A brilliant scientist with a worldwide reputation. The popularizer of science. Talented science fiction writer. All these titles belong to Isaac Asimov. Not everyone knows that the future famous writer and researcher in the field of chemistry was born in Russia. But he glorified primarily American science and fiction.
From the biography of Isaac Asimov
The future science fiction writer and specialist in the field of biochemistry Isaac Asimov was born on January 2, 1920. His birthplace was the village of Petrovichi, which is located in the Smolensk region of Russia. The name at birth is Isaac Yudovich Ozimov.
The family of the future master of American fiction moved to the other end of the world after the Civil War. In the late 1920s, Asimov became a full-fledged US citizen.
Isaac went to school at the age of five. He impressed teachers and comrades with his abilities, skipped classes. Asimov completed the full school course at the age of 15 years. After this, the young man enters Brooklyn College, and then becomes a student at the Department of Chemistry, famous for his graduates from Columbia University (New York). Here in 1939, Azimov received a bachelor's degree, and a little later became a master in chemistry.
During the Second World War, Isaac worked as a chemist at the Philadelphia military shipyard, after which he managed to serve in the army. The service came to an end, it was necessary to choose the future path in life. Asimov did not think long: he returned to New York and continued his education. In 1948, a young scientist, a graduate of graduate school, received his doctorate.
A year later, Isaac already taught at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Boston. He confidently made a scientific career, becoming a professor. He was the author of scientific works in the field of chemical sciences. He also worked hard on books of the popular science genre.
