Button, Button is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in a January 1953 issue of Startling Stories. It is one of several stories by Asimov in which he deliberately set out to be funny. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Isaac Asimov, Ph. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke in Startling Stories Cover by Earle Bergey Startling Stories was a pulp science fiction magazine which also published a lot of science fantasy. ...

An eccentric professor develops a method of linking brain power to creating physical effects, but when his effect is modified to create weapons of war, he turns in disgust to the real love of his life - creating a flute that can be played by mental power alone. A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

To raise the capital required for this projct, he coludes with his son, a less-than-ethical lawyer, to use a new invention of his that can reach back into time and retrieve objects. (as also occurs in The Ugly Little Boy and A Statue for Father) English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... The Ugly Little Boy is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ...

They plan to retrieve a signature of one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, Button Gwinnett, which is rare and therefore potentially valuable. The experiment works and they present a piece of genuine parchment wth a genuine signature to the government for authentication. Although the government suspect it's a fake, they can't initially prove this - until it's realised that the parchment is not as old as the signature on which it's written. United States Declaration of Independence In the Declaration of Independence the 13 states (formerly the Thirteen Colonies) declared themselves a new country, the United States of America and announced that were now totally independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... Button Gwinnett. ...