Free Essays

There was an atmosphere about the Time Vault that just missed definition in several directions at once. It was not one of decay, for it was well-lit and well-conditioned, with…

The old 45MHz FM broadcast band In 1945 the FCC decided that FM would have to move from the established 42 – 49 megahertz pre-war band to a new band…

Ebling Mis’s house in a not-so-pretentious neighborhood of Terminus City was well known to the intelligentsia, literati, and just-plain-well-read of the Foundation. Its notable characteristics depended, subjectively, upon the source…

Ada Lovelace’s Childhood Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer born on10 December 1815. She was initially named Augusta Ada Byron. She was the only legitimate child of her…

When the twenty-seven independent Trading worlds, united only by their distrust of the mother planet of the Foundation, concert an assembly among themselves, and each is big with a pride…

Propagation as defined by Webster Dictionary as “the phenomenon of radio frequency energy traveling through the earth’s atmosphere, as well as through the empty space above the atmosphere”. Once radio-frequency…

There was reason to the fact that the element known as “pure science” was the freest form of life on the Foundation. In a Galaxy where the predominance – and…

In the past, leadership has been discussed from many angles and perspectives. This paper though seeks to give an interpretation of leadership development mostly from a personal experience perspective. In…

The “hangar” on Kalgan is an institution peculiar unto itself, born of the need for the disposition of the vast number of ships brought in by the visitors from abroad,…

Aluminum usage in automobiles and light trucks has been climbing steadily. Evenmore important, auto manufacturers are beginning to see aluminum the wayaircraft manufacturers do – as the basic structural material…

If, from a distance of seven thousand parsecs, the fall of Kalgan to the armies of the Mule had produced reverberations that had excited the curiosity of an old Trader,…

Captain Han Pritcher was unused to the luxury of his surroundings and by no means impressed. As a general thing, he discouraged self-analysis and all forms of philosophy and metaphysics…

THE MULE Less is known of “The Mule” than of any character of comparable significance to Galactic history. Even the period of his greatest renown is known to us chiefly…

Learning a foreign language from a scratch is cumbersome to say the least. It requires intensive other than extensive study as well as tested patience. Unlike our mother tongue, learning…

Why do I want to be a civil engineer? Until recently, I did not know the answerto this question myself. I was lost when choosing a career. Then, I read…

Lathan Devers felt definitely uncomfortable, and vaguely resentful. He had received his own decoration and withstood with mute stoicism the turgid oratory of the mayor which accompanied the slip of…

After several months of planning and design, excavation for the new ACES libraryon the University of Illinois campus began in May 1999. The project is sponsoredand will be owned by…

The stars were as thick as weeds in an unkempt field, and for the first time, Lathan Devers found the figures to the right of the decimal point of prime…

Films and movies are probably the most popular form of entertainment in the world. The film industry has grown into a big entity over the centuries, which not only provides…

Devers bent over the little dead globe, watching for a tiny sign of life. The directional control was slowly and thoroughly sieving space with its jabbing tight sheaf of signals.Barr…