![]() ![]() Seldon's calculations also show there is a way to limit this interregnum to just one thousand years. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Galactic Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting 30,000 years before a second great empire arises. ![]() Using the laws of mass action, it can predict the future, but only on a large scale. The premise of the series is that the mathematician Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept of mathematical sociology. The additions made reference to events in Asimov's Robot and Empire series, indicating that they were also set in the same fictional universe. It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Asimov began adding to the series in 1981, with two sequels: Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth, and two prequels: Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation. For nearly thirty years, the series was a trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. Copyright 1951 Book includes: "Foundation" "Foundation and Empire" and "Second Foundation" Doubleday & Company publishers, New York hardbound with ivory boards and black lettering on spine book in very good condition with clean pages and tight binding dust jacket has some edge wear Book Club Edition. ![]()
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