Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was one of the most prolific writers of the 20^th century. He was best known for his science fiction writing but also wrote many popular science books. His total output is reckoned to exceed 500 books, written or edited.

 Asimov wrote the foreword to H. R. Stahel’s Atlantis Illustrated ^[560] in which he expressed the view that Plato’s Atlantis story was inspired by the catastrophic destruction of Thera and then subsequently embellished it with a location in the far west.