Mark Thek, president of Esterline Power Systems in Los Angeles, California, has worked in the aerospace and rail fields for more than 20 years. Mark Thek's interest in technology extends outside of work. One of his favorite book series is Isaac Asimov's Foundation. The Foundation series consists of seven books, including prequels added many years later. The first, titled simply Foundation, began as a series of short stories, and chronologically sits at the middle of the series, introducing the titular organization and the other powers it struggles with in the galaxy. Other books detail the ways in which the Foundation approaches various threats, such as backlash from other great powers, as well as ways in which its underlying approach, known as the Seldon Plan, is challenged or succeeds. The books, written over the course of more than four decades, chronicle more than 500 years of the Foundation's activities. Its ambitious scale and distinctive vision of the future, informed by past events such as the fall of Rome, earned the author many awards for science fiction. Comments are closed.
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