The Psychohistorians
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"The Psychohistorians" is the opening story of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, introducing the science of psychohistory and the political crisis surrounding mathematician Hari Seldon's predictions of the Galactic Empire's fall.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Psychohistorians canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opening story
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science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
political crisis
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prediction of the fall of the Galactic Empire ⓘ use of mathematics to predict history ⓘ |
| chronologyInUniverse | set near the end of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | development of the Seldon Plan ⓘ |
| explores |
determinism in human history
ⓘ
tension between science and politics ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Emperor Cleon I
ⓘ
Eto Demerzel ⓘ Gaal Dornick ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Hari Seldon’s trial
ⓘ
creation of the Foundation ⓘ |
| franchise | Foundation franchise ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Galactic politics
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imperial decline ⓘ predictive mathematics ⓘ social engineering ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | psychohistory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadsTo | establishment of the Foundation on Terminus ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hari Seldon ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | sets up the premise of the Foundation series ⓘ |
| partOf |
Foundation series (early stories)
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surface form:
Foundation series
novel Foundation ⓘ |
| publicationForm | fix-up story within a novel ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Encyclopedists
ⓘ
The Mayors ⓘ Merchant Princes ⓘ
surface form:
The Merchant Princes
The Traders ⓘ |
| seriesOrder | first story in the Foundation series ⓘ |
| setting |
Galactic Empire
ⓘ
Trantor ⓘ |
| subgenre |
future history
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space opera ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWriting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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