Counting the Eons
 First edition | |
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Kyoshi Kanai[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Fantasy & Science Fiction essays |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 7 January 1983 |
| Media type | print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Sun Shines Bright |
| Followed by | 'X' Stands for Unknown |
Counting the Eons is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays written by Isaac Asimov. It was the sixteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between August 1980 and December 1981. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1983.
Contents
- A The Earth
- 1 Light as Air? (March 1981)
- 2 Too Deep for Me (April 1981)
- 3 Under Pressure (May 1981)
- 4 The Word I Invented (October 1980)
- 5 Yes! With a Bang! (June 1981)
- 6 Let Me Count the Days (October 1981)
- 7 Counting the Eons (November 1980)
- B The Stars
- 8 The Runaway Star (July 1981)
- 9 The Dance of the Stars (August 1981)
- C The Universe
- 10 Getting Down to Basics (September 1980)
- 11 And After Many a Summer Dies the Proton (September 1981)
- 12 Let Einstein Be! (December 1981)
- 13 Beyond Earth's Eons (December 1980)
- 14 The Crucial Asymmetry (November 1981)
- 15 All and Nothing (January 1981)
- 16 Nothing and All (February 1981)
- D Literature
- 17 Milton! Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour (August 1980)
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