About the book: 2008 / One day, sitting on the subway, Isaac Asimov was looking through a collection of space operas and came across a picture depicting a Roman legionnaire among starships. A thought flashed through my mind: shouldn’t I describe the Galactic Empire from the point of view of history, economics, sociology and psychology? This is how the greatest scientist in the history of world science fiction appeared - Gary Seldon, who created the science of psychohistory, the postulates of which have been relevant for more than half a century. This is how the world of the Academy was born: the basic trilogy about it made up this book. This is how "Galactic History" from Sir Isaac appeared, which includes almost all the novels of the famous science fiction writer.