Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov was a noted 20th century science fiction author on Earth. During the mid-1950s, Asimov's stories were published by a magazine called Galaxy. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
Data's positronic brain was based on Asimov's dream of such a device one day being constructed. (TNG: "Datalore")
Isaac Asimov acted as a scientific adviser on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
