Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 5, 2016).
Contents
Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries and Chaos Theory; The Encyclopedia; Index
Summary
"Palumbo and Sullivan's major new reference work book contains 1,000 selected excerpts from the Encyclopedia, identifying and describing all of the characters, locales, artifacts, concepts and institutions in Asimov's metaseries. The authors argue that Asimov successfully integrates the three series through the retroactive use of chaos theory, the underlying principle behind both psychohistory and Three Laws of Robotics"-- Provided by publisher.