I first worked out the final form of the Three Laws, and us… - Isaac Asimov

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I first worked out the final form of the Three Laws, and used them explicitly, in my fourth robot story, "Runaround," which appeared in the March 1942 issue of Astounding. The Three Laws first appear on page 100 of that issue. I looked that up, because where they appear there is the very first use of the word "robotics" in the history of the world, as far as I know.

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Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.

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Alternative Names: Isaak Osimov • Paul French • Asimov • Isaak Ozimov • Itzhak Ozimov

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