Seldon knows this because he developed a practice called psychohistory, a science that allows him to predict the future using probabilistic terms. Hari Seldon ( Jared Harris) - set to collapse. The premise of Foundation is that the mighty Galactic Empire, which has ruled over thousands of planets over thousands of years is - according to one man, Dr. Due to their popularity, these stories were made into three books - Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation - and published from 1951-1953. The books started out as a series of short stories published between 1942-1950. |1 .Credit: Apple TV+ What Foundation is all aboutĪpple TV+'s Foundation is based on Isaac Asimov's iconic sci-fi series, a work so foundational (see what we did there?) that it has the honor of receiving the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. And mankind₂s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves-or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction. But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire-both scientists and scholars-and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations.
Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future-a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon.
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building.
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