Opus 100

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Opus 100 is Isaac Asimov's one hundredth book. It was published by Houghton Mifflin on 16 October 1969. Asimov chose to celebrate the publication of his hundredth book by writing about his previous 99 books, including excerpts from short stories and novels, as well as nonfiction articles and books. Opus 100 also includes five complete science fiction stories and one complete science essay.

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Part 1. Astronomy

Excerpt from "The Callistan Menace"
Excerpt from Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
Excerpt from "View from Amalthea" from The Solar System and Back
Excerpt from Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus
Excerpt from "The Martian Way"
Excerpt from The Universe
Excerpt from Galaxies

Part 2. Robots

Excerpt from "The Perfect Machine" from Today and Tomorrow and ...
Excerpt from "Strange Playfellow"
Excerpt from "Liar!"
Excerpt from "Runaround"
Excerpt from The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
"The Last Question"

Part 3. Mathematics

Excerpt from Realm of Numbers
Excerpt from Quick and Easy Math
"The Feeling of Power"

Part 4. Physics

Excerpt from Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Excerpt from the introduction to Only a Trillion
Excerpt from The Neutrino
Excerpt from "Super-Neutron"

Part 5. Chemistry

Excerpt from "The Sound of Panting" from Only a Trillion
Excerpt from Biochemistry and Human Metabolism
Excerpt from The Chemicals of Life
Excerpt from The Noble Gases
"Thiotimoline and the Space Age"
Excerpt from The Kinetics of the Reaction Inactivation of Tyrosinase during its Catalysis of the Aerobic Oxydation of Catechol

Part 6. Biology

Excerpt from The Wellsprings of Life
Excerpt from Photosynthesis

Part 7. Words

Excerpt from Words of Science
Excerpt from Words on the Map
Excerpt from Words from History

Part 8. History

Excerpt from The Greeks
Excerpt from The Roman Republic
Excerpt from The Egyptians
Excerpt from The Near East
Excerpt from "There's Nothing Like a Good Foundation" from Asimov on Science Fiction
Excerpt from "Dead Hand"

Part 9. The Bible