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  • Emperor Cleon the galactic emperor that resides in Trantor. Trantor is like Star Wars' Coruscant in this universe.
  • Hari Seldon.
  • There is also a reporter named Hummin.
  • Psychohistory is a subject that try to predict the future using mathematical equations.

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  • Human mind works randomly and hard to predict using mathematical equations.

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  • In the ideal way we can only predict the aggregate situation not a situation of one sole variable (one lone electron).

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  • In Imperial Sector in Trantor, to go without a hat is a sign of "low breed" human being.

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  • Anti gravity elevator.
  • It works without any surface to step on.

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  • Anti gravity space flight.

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  • Super conductive ceramic tile that works as two seated air taxi.

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  • "Your life is not belong to you anymore."

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  • Mathematical analysis of social structure.

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  • There is a case of Hari Seldon taught that he was being chased by an air jet.
  • The way that the book describes (or how I read) here is like Hari Seldon is being chased by anti gravity UFO.

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  • There is a Trantorian timeband that holds the Galactic Standard Time.
  • But I am pretty sure that time will go faster or slower based on the gravitational pull.
  • So far the story line is pretty decent. Roughly it is like this.
    • Hari Seldon invited by the emperor talking about his research on how to predict future.
    • Emperor Cleon has also a right hand who is cunning (I forget the name).
    • Then Hummin come to save Seldon to a university in Trantor.
    • There he met a female historian.I think he loves this woman.
    • In the university Seldon cannot be apprehended by the Trantorian government.
    • However, Seldon took a risk to go to outer area of the university of which government has access to capture him. He was with the meteorology students from the university.
    • He nearly died from freezing when he was chased by the UFO.
    • But he saved then try to look who might betray him into go to outer area of the university.