Introduction 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" (usually titled "Robbie") • Excerpt from "
Liar!" • Excerpt from "
Runaround" • Excerpt from "
I, Robot" • 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 "
Superneutron" 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 Oxidation of Catechol (his PhD thesis) Part 6. Biology • Excerpt from
The Wellsprings of Life • Excerpt from
Photosynthesis Part 7. Words • Excerpts from
Words of Science • "Helium" • "Idiot" • "RH Negative" • Excerpts from
Words on the Map • "New Jersey" • "Philadelphia" • "Virgin Islands" • Excerpts from
Words from History • "Bloody Shirt" • "Mob" • "Potemkin Village" Part 8. History • Excerpt from
The Greeks • "The Spartan Way of Life" • 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 "
The Dead Hand" Part 9. The Bible • Excerpt from ''Asimov's Guide to the Bible'' • "Twelve Point Three Six Nine" from
Science, Numbers, and I Part 10. Short Shorts • Excerpt from
Please Explain • "On Prediction", an introduction to
Future Tense edited by Richard Curtis • "An Uncompromising View", a review of
Mechanical Men by
Dean E. Wooldridge • "
Dreamworld" Part 11. Humor • "
The Holmes-Ginsbook Device" Appendix: My Hundred Books ==Reception==