Thousands of years have passed and new generations are now crowding the Galaxy.
By that time, the Earth is just a legendary planet and the humanity has spread throughout the Universe. Most part of the galaxy is populated and an Empire called the Gallactic Empire rules the fates of it.
The Gallactic Empire faces a decayment but no-one wants to recognize it. Hari Seldon, creator of the Psychohistory, a new branch of Mathematics that is able to predict the future very accurately with the help of the Probability Theory, is able to predict the fall of the Empire and the years of chaos comming after its falling.
Not only has the Empire refused to accept the evidence, but Hari Seldon is prosecuted for his predictions and faces the death penalty. He is accused of trying to weaken the power of the Emperor. But he isn't executed. He is offered the exile in a small and distant planet called Terminus.
In Terminus, he and his followers start the writting of the Gallactic Enciclopedia. A huge project to keep the knowledge for the incoming generations that will keep them busy for a good amount of time.
Meanwhile, Seldon's predictions became accurate and the Empire starts its decayment. As a result of this, the chaos settles in the Galaxy and this state will last centuries.
But the Foundation will also have its own crisis. Seldon, offers them predictions and help to solve the crisis that are to come even after his death, in the fiftieth year of the Foundation.
This is quite a remarkable novel. Written in a very direct style, Asimov leaves a truly enjoyable story.
No matter how deep is your knowledge in Science and Technology, Isaac Asimov always wrote clearly so that you can follow the plot.
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