The Tragedy of the Moon

The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the tenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between March 1972 and July 1973. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1973.

The Tragedy of the Moon

First edition
Author	Isaac Asimov
Cover artist	Roger Zimmerman
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Fantasy & Science Fiction essays
Genre	Science
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1973
Media type	print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages	220
ISBN	0-385-07221-X
Preceded by	The Left Hand of the Electron
Followed by	Of Matters Great and Small

Contents

• A — About the Moon
  • 1 — The Tragedy of the Moon
  • 2 — The Triumph of the Moon
  • 3 — Moon Over Babylon
  • 4 — The Week Excuse
• B — About Other Small Worlds
  • 5 — The World Ceres
  • 6 — The Clock in the Sky
• C — About Carbon
  • 7 — The One and Only
  • 8 — The Unlikely Twins
• D — About Micro-organisms
  • 9 — Through The Microglass
  • 10 — Down From The Amoeba
  • 11 — The Cinderella Compound
• E — About the Thyroid Gland
  • 12 — Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat
• F — About Society
  • 13 — Lost in Non-Translation
  • 14 — The Ancient and the Ultimate
  • 15 — By The Numbers
• G — And (You Guessed It!) About Me
  • 16 — The Cruise And I (July 1973)
  • 17 — Academe And I

External links

• Asimovonline.com