Counting the Eons

First edition
Author	Isaac Asimov
Cover artist	Kyoshi Kanai[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Fantasy & Science Fiction essays
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	7 January 1983
Media type	print (Hardback and Paperback)
Preceded by	The Sun Shines Bright
Followed by	'X' Stands for Unknown

Counting the Eons is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays written by Isaac Asimov. It was the sixteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, these being first published between August 1980 and December 1981. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1983.

Contents

1. The Earth
   1. Light as Air? (March 1981)
   2. Too Deep for Me (April 1981)
   3. Under Pressure (May 1981)
   4. The Word I Invented (October 1980)
   5. Yes! With a Bang! (June 1981)
   6. Let Me Count the Days (October 1981)
   7. Counting the Eons (November 1980)
2. The Stars
   8. The Runaway Star (July 1981)
   9. The Dance of the Stars (August 1981)
3. The Universe
   10. Getting Down to Basics (September 1980)
   11. And After Many a Summer Dies the Proton (September 1981)
   12. Let Einstein Be! (December 1981)
   13. Beyond Earth's Eons (December 1980)
   14. The Crucial Asymmetry (November 1981)
   15. All and Nothing (January 1981)
   16. Nothing and All (February 1981)
4. Literature
   17. Milton! Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour (August 1980)