PART I
THE PSYCHOHISTORIANS
1.
HARI SELDON?.. born in the 11,988th year of the Galactic Era; died 12,069.
The dates are more commonly given in terms of the current Foundational Era
as ?79 to the year 1 F.E. Born to middle-class parents on Helicon,
Arcturus sector (where his father, in a legend of doubtful authenticity,
was a tobacco grower in the hydroponic plants of the planet), he early
showed amazing ability in mathematics. Anecdotes concerning his ability are
innumerable, and some are contradictory. At the age of two, he is said to
have ...
... Undoubtedly his greatest c